Prabhupada, Bombay, January 20, 1975: So one gentleman, he challenged me. He’s atheistic class. He said, “What is Krsna’s intelligence? It is just like an watch. If you wind the watch, it goes and gives time. Similarly, it is just like a machine—the whole world is going on.” That’s all right. Still, you are lacking knowledge, because Krsna hasn’t got to prepare each and every watch. He has made two watches, male and female, and they are producing. That is Krsna’s intelligence. Therefore even if you supposed to be very intelligent, still, you are lacking intelligence. You cannot be as intelligent as Krsna. There must be some less quantity. Just like Yasodamayi wanted to bind Krsna with ropes, and as soon as she was going to knot it, there was little difference.

So we may be very intelligent scientifically or mathematically or physically, biologically. That’s all right. But when we compare with the intelligence of Krsna, it is less by two cubits. It is less. That we should always understand. Mattah parataram nanyat [Bg. 7.7]. We have to accept this, that we cannot excel the intelligence of Krsna. That is not possible. I may show varieties of magic and declare myself Krsna, or God. But still, you cannot show as perfectly magical arts as Krsna is showing. That is not possible. If we understand this fact and realize it, then we can understand what is Krsna. Janma karma me divyam yo janati tattvatah. We are part and parcel of Krsna. There is little value like Krsna. But we can never be equal with Krsna. That is not possible. Asamordhva. Nobody can be equal with Krsna; nobody can be greater than Krsna. Everyone is lower than Krsna. So this intelligence is real intelligence, and if we think that equal to Krsna or greater than Krsna, that is all maya.

tribhir gunamayair bhavair ebhih sarvam idam jagat mohitam nabhijanati mam ebhyah param avyayam

So this Krsna consciousness movement is to know that no more greater than Krsna. Nobody is greater than Krsna. Nobody is equal to Krsna. If we understand this much perfectly… We cannot understand perfectly because that is not possible. Krsna is unlimited. But as far as we have got our knowledge, if we understand this fact, that “I can never become equal with Krsna; neither I can become greater than Krsna. That is not possible. I have to remain always subordinate to Krsna,” this is called mukti, liberation. We are entrapped in this material bondage by illusory understanding. So when we come to the right understanding, that “My position is always subordinate to Krsna,” that is called mukti. Anyone can become a mukta, liberated person, as soon as he agrees to this philosophy that he is always subordinate to Krsna, or God; he is never equal to Him nor greater than Him.