Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.17.52
"A householder taking care of many dependent family members should not become materially attached to them, nor should he become mentally unbalanced, considering himself to be the lord. An intelligent householder should see that all possible future happiness, just like that which he has already experienced, is temporary." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/17/52
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.17.53-54
"The association of children, wife, relatives and friends is just like the brief meeting of travelers. With each change of body one is separated from all such associates, just as one loses the objects one possesses in a dream when the dream is over." "Deeply considering the actual situation, a liberated soul should live at home just like a guest, without any sense of proprietorship or false ego. In this way he will not be bound or entangled by domestic affairs." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/17/53 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/17/54
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.17.56
"But a householder whose mind is attached to his home and who is thus disturbed by ardent desires to enjoy his money and children, who is lusty after women, who is possessed of a miserly mentality and who unintelligently thinks, “Everything is mine and I am everything,” is certainly bound in illusion." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/17/56
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.17.57-58
"“O my poor elderly parents, and my wife with a mere infant in her arms, and my other young children! Without me they have absolutely no one to protect them and will suffer unbearably. How can my poor relatives possibly live without me?”" "Thus, because of his foolish mentality, a householder whose heart is overwhelmed by family attachment is never satisfied. Constantly meditating on his relatives, he dies and enters into the darkness of ignorance." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/17/57 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/17/58
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.22-23
"By steady knowledge a sage should clearly ascertain the nature of the soul’s bondage and liberation. Bondage occurs when the senses are deviated to sense gratification, and complete control of the senses constitutes liberation." "Therefore, completely controlling the five senses and the mind by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, a sage, having experienced spiritual bliss within the self, should live detached from insignificant material sense gratification." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/22 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/23
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.26
"One should never see as ultimate reality those material things which obviously will perish. With consciousness free from material attachment, one should retire from all activities meant for material progress in this life and the next." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/26
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.27
"One should logically consider the universe, which is situated within the Lord, and one’s own material body, which is composed of mind, speech and life air, to be ultimately products of the Lord’s illusory energy. Thus situated in the self, one should give up one’s faith in these things and should never again make them the object of one’s meditation." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/27
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.31
"A saintly person should never let others frighten or disturb him and, similarly, should never frighten or disturb other people. He should tolerate the insults of others and should never himself belittle anyone. He should never create hostility with anyone for the sake of the material body, for he would thus be no better than an animal." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/31
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.32
"The one Supreme Lord is situated within all material bodies and within everyone’s soul. Just as the moon is reflected in innumerable reservoirs of water, the Supreme Lord, although one, is present within everyone. Thus every material body is ultimately composed of the energy of the one Supreme Lord." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/32
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.33-35
"If at times one does not obtain proper food one should not be depressed, and when one obtains sumptuous food one should not rejoice. Being fixed in determination, one should understand both situations to be under the control of God." "If required, one should endeavor to get sufficient foodstuffs, because it is always necessary and proper to maintain one’s health. When the senses, mind and life air are fit, one can contemplate spiritual truth, and by understanding the truth one is liberated." "A sage should accept the food, clothing and bedding — be they of excellent or inferior quality — that come of their own accord." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/33 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/34 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/35
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.37
"A realized soul no longer sees anything as separate from Me, for his realized knowledge of Me has destroyed such illusory perception. Since the material body and mind were previously accustomed to this kind of perception, it may sometimes appear to recur; but at the time of death the self-realized soul achieves opulences equal to Mine." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/37
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.38-39
"One who is detached from sense gratification, knowing its result to be miserable, and who desires spiritual perfection, but who has not seriously analyzed the process for obtaining Me, should approach a bona fide and learned spiritual master." "Until a devotee has clearly realized spiritual knowledge, he should continue with great faith and respect and without envy to render personal service to the guru, who is nondifferent from Me." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/38 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/18/39