SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 7 Text 14
daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te

daivi--transcendent al; hi--certainly; esa--this; guna-mayi--consisti ng of the three modes of material nature; mama--My; maya--energy; duratyaya--very difficult to overcome; mam--unto Me; eva--certainly; ye--those who; prapadyante- -surrender; mayam etam--this illusory energy; taranti--overcome; te--they.

TRANSLATION

This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport; Another meaning of guna is rope; it is to be understood that the conditioned soul is tightly tied by the ropes of illusion. A man bound by the hands and feet cannot free himself--he must be helped by a person who is unbound. Because the bound cannot help the bound, the rescuer must be liberated. Therefore, only Lord Krsna, or His bona fide representative the spiritual master, can release the conditioned soul.

In Srila Prabhupada's lecture (9-8-1969 in Hamburg Germany) on this sloka he mentions how many problems we create by trying to solve the problems of our lives. We even makes bombs in an attempt to create peace. He points out that here is the real problem; overcoming our material nature.