Direct acceptance of Krishna as God transcends all scholarly interpretation and speculation about the Divine.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: ...that a high-court judge, and he does not know what is God. How misfortunate he is. And he's speaking of God, "Surrender," all theoretical. They do not know what is surrender.
If I say anybody that "Go to Dr. Patel and surrender unto him, and whatever he'll prescribe, you take it," but if he does not know what is Dr. Patel, then where he'll go, and what to surrender? This is their position.
They speak big, big words but do not know where to go. It is not? What do you think? Dr. Patel: They do not believe what you say... Prabhupāda: Huh?
That is the truth. Actually they do not know, and they cheat others, speaking about God. That is the difficulty. All rascals are doing that.
And if I say, "All rascals," it is little harsh, but it has to be said. They do not know what is God, and they speak of God. Let them say frankly that "I do not know what is God." That is answered in the Bhagavad-gītā: bahūnāṁ janmanām ante [Bg 7.19]. If they are sincere, then after many, many births...
Kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām avyaktāsakta... [Bg 12.5]. They do not know, and they do not accept ācāryopāsanam. The ācārya says, Rāmānujācārya says, Madhvācārya says, big, big ācārya, Caitanya Mahāprabhu... They will not believe them.
They will speculate in their nonsense speculation. This is the difficulty. Without going to the ācārya... Tad vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.12(1)].