The conditioned souls being the marginal potency of the Supreme Lod always have a choice to make as to whether one has to serve Krishna
or serve the inferiior energy which is mind, senses, body and the material elements. Even though one is thinking that he is enjoying the material senses,
 actually he(the soul is only experiencing and witnessing) but the soul is accountable for his attachment or engaging the senses with sense objects and has to
either experience pain or pleasure.

Even after instructing the whole Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna, Krishna finally says that I have told whatever you have to know, now it is your decision to act upon your 
will. Arjuna wisely changed his will to the will of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. Initially he wanted to act according to his whims of the mind. But later He understood 
the reality and made appropriate choice. So we always have this free will and we can choose to serve our mind, senses and body or serve the Supreme will of the Lord.
Even if there is a slight neglect when in human form of life, we have to suffer for aeons in the cycle of repeated birth and death in various species of life. The best example is 
the story of Jada Bharata who renounced the whole kingdom and family but finally got attached to a deer and forgot his real position and relation to the Supreme Lord and forgot 
his duty to act according to the will of the Lord. But Jada Bharata has already performed devotional service prior to his getting attached to the deer and that has saved him from 
his conditional attachment to the deer. In our case we have nt done anything so we have to be careful in executing the duties according to the will of the Lord and with His protection 
we can make steady progress.

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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 5.8-9

naiva kiñcit karomīti

yukto manyeta tattva-vit

paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann

aśnan gacchan svapan śvasan

pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann

unmiṣan nimiṣann api

indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu

vartanta iti dhārayan

SYNONYMS

na — never; eva — certainly; kiñcit — anything; karomi — I doiti — thus; yuktaḥ — engaged in the divine consciousness; manyeta — thinks; tattva-vit — one who knows the truth; paśyan — seeing; śṛṇvan — hearing; spṛśan — touching; jighran — smelling; aśnan — eating; gacchan — going; svapan — dreaming; śvasan — breathing; pralapan — talking; visṛjan — giving up; gṛhṇan — accepting; unmiṣan — opening; nimiṣan — closing; api — in spite of; indriyāṇi — the senses;indriya-artheṣu — in sense gratification; vartante — let them be so engaged; iti — thus; dhārayan — considering.

TRANSLATION


A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at all. Because while speaking, evacuating, receiving, or opening or closing his eyes, he always knows that only the material senses are engaged with their objects and that he is aloof from them.

PURPORT

A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is pure in his existence, and consequently he has nothing to do with any work which depends upon five immediate and remote causes: the doer, the work, the situation, the endeavor and fortune. This is because he is engaged in the loving transcendental service of Kṛṣṇa. Although he appears to be acting with his body and senses, he is always conscious of his actual position, which is spiritual engagement. In material consciousness, the senses are engaged in sense gratification, but in Kṛṣṇa consciousness the senses are engaged in the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa's senses. Therefore, the Kṛṣṇaconscious person is always free, even though he appears to be engaged in affairs of the senses. Activities such as seeing and hearing are actions of the senses meant for receiving knowledge, whereas moving, speaking, evacuating, etc., are actions of the senses meant for work. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person is never affected by the actions of the senses. He cannot perform any act except in the service of the Lord because he knows that he is the eternal servitor of the Lord.


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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

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