Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.160
Perfect Yoga Means Renouncing Material Desires
“ ‘When a person is no longer interested in acting for sense gratification and when he renounces all material desires, he is said to be situated in perfect yoga [yogārūḍha].’
What the purport teaches
- A person situated in perfect yoga is no longer interested in acting for sense gratification.
- Such a person renounces all material desires.
- This state of perfect yoga is called yogārūḍha.
Try this today
Notice one desire for sense gratification today and pause before acting on it, reflecting on the verse’s standard of renunciation.
Ask yourself
Which of my actions today are motivated mainly by sense gratification?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.