Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.23.31
Mukti· LiberationDetermination Unties the Knots of Desire
“Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa continued: His mind thus determined, that most excellent Avantī brāhmaṇa was able to untie the knots of desire within his heart. He then assumed the role of a peaceful and silent sannyāsī mendicant.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa describes the Avantī brāhmaṇa as firmly determined in his mind.
- With this determination, the brāhmaṇa unties the knots of desire within his heart.
- He then becomes a peaceful and silent sannyāsī mendicant, adopting a life of renunciation.
Try this today
Identify one unnecessary desire and quietly refrain from acting on it today.
Ask yourself
Which desire feels like a knot in my heart, and am I determined to loosen it?
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.