Q175. Why surrender unto Lord Krishna?

“The divine illusionary energy of Mine [maya] consisting of the three modes of material nature is very difficult to overcome. Those who surrender unto Me can become free from it.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.14) The three modes of material nature are: Goodness, passion, ignorance Maya, is the illusory energy of Lord Krishna, and thus we can only overcome it, by His grace. We all originate from the spiritual manifestation and due to our own desire, we came to the material creation and the purpose of the illusory energy is to keep us in the material creation, because that was our desire. When we surrender unto Lord Krishna, we slowly transcend beyond the three modes of material nature, become undeterred by maya, and eventually go back to the spiritual manifestation, our original home.