Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.18.14
Mukti· LiberationContinue Your Duties Despite Temptation
“This man taking sannyāsa is going to surpass us and go back home, back to Godhead.” Thus thinking, the demigods create stumbling blocks on the path of the sannyāsī by appearing before him in the shape of his former wife or other women and attractive objects. But the sannyāsī should pay the demigods and their manifestations no heed.
What the purport teaches
- The demigods may create obstacles because a sannyāsī is preparing to surpass them and return to Godhead.
- They may appear as his former wife, other women or attractive objects to draw him away from his vows and into sense gratification.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa encourages the sannyāsī to pay no attention to these illusory manifestations. He should continue his duties and go back home, back to Godhead.
Try this today
Complete one devotional duty today without pausing to pursue a distracting attraction.
Ask yourself
What attraction tends to draw me away from my devotional duties?
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.