"So this theory, that the world is going automatically or we have come into this material world without any reason, without any cause… Kim anyat kāma-haitukam. They say, the rascals say, that our coming to this material world is to the lusty desires of the father and mother. Therefore the child has no meaning. It is a by-product of the lusty desire. So if I don’t want it, kill it. Destroy it. This is going on.......The cause was there. The cause was there that because we wanted to enjoy and did not like to serve Krishna. This is the cause. Krishna-bahirmukha hañā bhoga vāñchā kare. We are serving Krishna. That is our, I mean to say, place, constitutional position, to serve Krishna, but sometimes we desire: “Why shall I serve Krishna? Why shall I serve the spiritual master? I shall enjoy. I shall enjoy.” But that enjoyment was there by serving Krishna, but he wanted to become enjoyer independent of Krishna. That is the cause of falldown. With Krishna, you can enjoy very nicely. You have seen the picture, how with Krishna the gopīs are nicely dancing, enjoying; the cowherd boys are playing. Enjoy with Krishna, that is your real enjoyment. But without Krishna, when you want to enjoy, that is māyā."

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.8.7
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Los Angeles, February 10, 1975
750210SB.LA