Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.26.22
Mukti· LiberationKnowledge Alone Does Not Protect the Mind
“Yet even one who theoretically understands the actual nature of the body should never associate with women or with men attached to women. After all, the contact of the senses with their objects inevitably agitates the mind.”
What the purport teaches
- Even theoretical understanding of the body's actual nature does not make one safe from mental agitation.
- The verse warns against association with women or with men attached to women.
- Contact between the senses and their objects inevitably agitates the mind. Understanding must therefore be accompanied by restraint.
Try this today
Avoid one unnecessary encounter with sensory material that you know stirs attachment.
Ask yourself
Where do I rely on knowledge while still exposing my senses to what agitates my mind?
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.