Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.48.27
Mukti· LiberationPray for Freedom from Illusory Attachment
“It is by our great fortune, Janārdana, that You are now visible to us, for even the masters of yoga and the foremost demigods can achieve this goal only with great difficulty. Please quickly cut the ropes of our illusory attachment for children, wife, wealth, influential friends, home and body. All such attachment is simply the effect of Your illusory material energy.”
What the purport teaches
- Seeing Janārdana is a great fortune. Even masters of yoga and foremost demigods attain this goal only with great difficulty.
- The prayer asks the Lord to quickly cut the ropes of illusory attachment to children, wife, wealth, influential friends, home and body.
- Such deluding attachment is an effect of the Lord's illusory material energy. The devotee turns to Him for release.
Try this today
Name one attachment in a private prayer and ask Janārdana to free you from its deluding hold.
Ask yourself
Which attachment most often holds your attention away from the Lord?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.