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So we cannot declare independence. That is not possible. There is no independence. We are completely dependent on Visnu. There is no doubt about it. You cannot manufacture your necessities, all the necessities. You can manufacture some motorcar or some needle or this or that, but you cannot manufacture the primary necessities of life. That is not possible. When there is scarcity of food, you cannot manufacture in your factory. That is not possible. That you have to receive from Visnu, from God.

This world, although Krsna supplies everything, but still, you have to work. You have to work. This material world means karma-samjnah. Without working, you cannot live. You have to work. There is a verse in the Bhagavad-gita: sarira-yatrapi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmanah. Do not stop working. Some foolish people say that we are not working. We are working for Krsna. It is not that we are not working. Working is necessary here. But the difference is a bhakta is working under the direction of Krsna, and nondevotees are working under the direction of maya. That is the difference. Therefore bhakti and ordinary work, karmis, it looks similar, similar, that these men, they are also working, they're also cooking, they're also going to the Press, they're also typing. They're this... So what is the difference between bhakti and karma? The difference is that we are working for Krsna and others are working for maya. That is difference.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada