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Canto 11 · Chapter 11: The Symptoms of Conditioned and Liberated Living Entities
11.11.1611.11.18

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 11.11.17

न कुर्यान्न वदेत् किञ्चिन्न ध्यायेत् साध्वसाधु वा ।

आत्मारामोऽनया वृत्त्या विचरेज्जडवन्मुनि: ॥ १७ ॥

na kuryān na vadet kiñcin

na dhyāyet sādhv asādhu vā

ātmārāmo ’nayā vṛttyā

vicarej jaḍa-van muniḥ

Translation

For the purpose of maintaining his body, a liberated sage should not act, speak or contemplate in terms of material good or bad. Rather, he should be detached in all material circumstances, and taking pleasure in self-realization, he should wander about engaged in this liberated lifestyle, appearing like a retarded person to outsiders.

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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.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Use Everything in Kṛṣṇa’s Loving Service

  1. 1

    The detached lifestyle described here is a discipline for jñāna-yogīs, who try through intelligence to understand that they are not their material bodies.

  2. 2

    A devotee accepts or rejects material things according to their usefulness in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s loving service. Rather than remaining inactive, the devotee stays busy working, speaking and meditating for the Lord.

  3. 3

    Merely rejecting material things is not perfect consciousness; everything is the Lord’s property and meant for His pleasure. One actively spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness automatically comes to the liberated platform.

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.