Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.8.29
Mukti· LiberationDetachment Awakens the Desire for Freedom
“O King, just as a human being who is bereft of spiritual knowledge never desires to give up his false sense of proprietorship over many material things, similarly, a person who has not developed detachment never desires to give up the bondage of the material body.”
What the purport teaches
- Without spiritual knowledge, a person does not desire to give up a false sense of ownership over material things.
- Similarly, without developing detachment, a person does not desire to give up the bondage of the material body.
- The verse connects spiritual knowledge with relinquishing false ownership, and detachment with seeking freedom from bodily bondage.
Try this today
Choose one possession today and reflect briefly on your attachment to calling it your own.
Ask yourself
Which possession do I cling to with the strongest sense of “mine”?
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.