Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.4.27
Mukti· LiberationUse Possessions Without Attachment
“Mahārāja Ambarīṣa gave up all attachment to household affairs, wives, children, friends and relatives, to the best of powerful elephants, to beautiful chariots, carts, horses and inexhaustible jewels, and to ornaments, garments and an inexhaustible treasury. He gave up attachment to all of them, regarding them as temporary and material.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Ambarīṣa regarded his household relationships and abundant wealth as temporary and material. He gave up attachment to them.
- Material possessions may be accepted as far as they can be used in devotional service. Ambarīṣa possessed many things without being attached to them.
- Advancement in devotional service brings detachment from material things for sense enjoyment. A devotee can still use them to spread the Lord’s glories.
Try this today
Choose one possession and use it today to share or study the glories of Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
Which possession could I use more for Kṛṣṇa’s service and less for my own enjoyment?
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.