Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.6.9
Ūti· What drives us to actDevotional Service Develops Detachment
“What person too attached to household life due to being unable to control his senses can liberate himself? An attached householder is bound very strongly by ropes of affection for his family [wife, children and other relatives].”
What the purport teaches
- Uncontrolled senses bind an attached householder with strong ropes of affection. Training from childhood teaches sense control and sacrifice for the guru.
- Our actual duty is to become free from birth, death, old age and disease by reviving our relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Devotional service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa brings knowledge and detachment from material enjoyment. One must become master of the senses before accepting the renounced order of life.
Try this today
Today, set aside one optional sense pleasure and use that time to read about devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Which attachment most often draws me away from devotional service?
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.