Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.8.17
Mukti· LiberationHear the Song of the Supreme Lord
“A saintly person dwelling in the forest in the renounced order of life should never listen to songs or music promoting material enjoyment. Rather, a saintly person should carefully study the example of the deer, who is bewildered by the sweet music of the hunter’s horn and is thus captured and killed.”
What the purport teaches
- A saintly forest-dwelling renunciant should not listen to songs that promote material enjoyment.
- The deer is bewildered by the sweet sound of the hunter’s horn and is captured and killed. Its example warns against attachment to pleasing sounds.
- Attachment to materialistic music brings material entanglement. Instead, one should hear Bhagavad-gītā, the song sung by the Supreme Lord.
Try this today
Replace one session of materialistic music today with listening to Bhagavad-gītā.
Ask yourself
Does what I listen to encourage material enjoyment or spiritual understanding?
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.