Mahisasura*, the most powerful demon, who was the
personification of the forces of evil, was in fact endowed with intelligence,
education, wealth, the ability to
perform severe penances and attract large followings, and so on. His present –
day followers, possessing identical qualifications, are no less enterprising
and expert in exploiting the divine energy. They carry out elaborate scientific
research, misspending huge amounts of money, time, energy, intelligence, men,
and so on. But instead of peace and joy, what they discover through these researchers
end up producing untold misery for humanity. This is a perfect example of daivi
maya’s throwing agency in action. All these evil activities bring great losses
to human society. As a result of this evil, the mundane scientists incur
grievious sin, which destroys their real intelligence. And this loss of
intelligence turns them away from god and robs them of their chance to
surrender to him. Thus in the Bhagavad gita (7.15) the supreme lord says:
Na mam duskrtino mudhah
Prapadyante naradhamah
Nayayapahrta jnana
Asuram bhavam asritah
Those miscreants
who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is
stolen by illusion and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons do not
surrender unto me.
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