Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.10.2
Mukti· LiberationTake Shelter Beyond Material Enjoyment
“Prahlāda Mahārāja said: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because I was born in an atheistic family I am naturally attached to material enjoyment. Therefore, kindly do not tempt me with these illusions. I am very much afraid of material conditions, and I desire to be liberated from materialistic life. It is for this reason that I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet.”
What the purport teaches
- Materialistic life means attachment to the body and everything related to it. Excessive attachment to material enjoyment deprives one of knowledge.
- Although born in a materialistic family, Prahlāda Mahārāja was detached from material enjoyment. He carefully refused temptation and took shelter of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva’s lotus feet.
- Release from birth, death, old age and disease requires shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Material opulence cannot provide this freedom.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva for shelter from material temptation, rather than asking for more enjoyment.
Ask yourself
What attachment makes it harder for me to seek the Lord’s shelter?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.