Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.49.20
Mukti· LiberationWorldly Relationships Are Not Permanent
“In this world no one has any permanent relationship with anyone else, O King. We cannot stay forever even with our own body, what to speak of our wife, children and the rest.”
What the purport teaches
- No one in this world has a permanent relationship with anyone else. Our association here cannot last forever.
- We cannot remain forever even with our own body. Its closeness to us does not make it permanent.
- Association with wife, children and other relatives is also temporary. Akrūra asks the King to recognize this limit of worldly relationships.
Try this today
Spend a minute reflecting that neither your body nor your family relationships will remain with you forever.
Ask yourself
How does remembering impermanence change the way I view my family attachments?
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.