Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.26.4
Mukti· LiberationFrom Bewilderment Toward Detachment
“The following song was sung by the famous emperor Purūravā. When deprived of his wife, Urvaśī, he was at first bewildered, but by controlling his lamentation he began to feel detachment.”
What the purport teaches
- Purūravā was a famous emperor whose glories were vast. Yet separation from his wife, Urvaśī, left him bewildered.
- When he brought his lamentation under control, he began to feel detachment and sang this song.
- The purport also recounts that he briefly met Urvaśī at Kurukṣetra. Through worship of the demigods with sacrificial fire given by the Gandharvas, he gained entry to her planet.
Try this today
Take a quiet moment to name one attachment without dwelling on your lamentation about it.
Ask yourself
How might bringing lamentation under control help me see an attachment more clearly?
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.