Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.3.40
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionBecome Free From Material Enjoyment
“After you received that benediction and I disappeared, you engaged yourselves in sex to have a son like Me, and I fulfilled your desire.”
What the purport teaches
- After receiving the Lord’s benediction, the couple united to have a son like Him. The Lord fulfilled their desire.
- The purport calls sexual enjoyment grāmya-dharma, material desire, which is not highly valued in spiritual life.
- Even a slight attachment to the material enjoyments of eating, sleeping, mating and defending means one is not niṣkiñcana. The teaching is to become free from such desires, rather than seek a child like Kṛṣṇa through sexual enjoyment.
Try this today
Pause before one unnecessary indulgence today and reflect on the aim of becoming free from material desire.
Ask yourself
Which attachment to material enjoyment most often occupies my thoughts?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.