Verses

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.45-46

"When the eyes lose their power to see color or form due to morbid affliction of the optic nerve, the sense of sight becomes deadened. The living entity, who is the seer of both the eyes and the sight, loses his power of vision. In the same way, when the physical body, the place where perception of objects occurs, is rendered incapable of perceiving, that is known as death. When one begins to view the physical body as one’s very self, that is called birth." Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.45-46

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.31.47-48

"Therefore, one should not view death with horror, nor have recourse to defining the body as soul, nor give way to exaggeration in enjoying the bodily necessities of life. Realizing the true nature of the living entity, one should move about in the world free from attachment and steadfast in purpose." "Endowed with right vision and strengthened by devotional service and a pessimistic attitude towards material identity, one should relegate his body to this illusory world through his reason. Thus one can be unconcerned with this material world." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/31/47 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/31/48

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.1-3

"The Personality of Godhead said: The person who lives in the center of household life derives material benefits by performing religious rituals, and thereby he fulfills his desire for economic development and sense gratification. Again and again he acts the same way." "Such persons are ever bereft of devotional service due to being too attached to sense gratification, and therefore, although they perform various kinds of sacrifices and take great vows to satisfy the demigods and forefathers, they are not interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional service." "Such materialistic persons, attracted by sense gratification and devoted to the forefathers and demigods, can be elevated to the moon, where they drink an extract of the soma plant. They again return to this planet." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/1 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/2 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/3

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.5

"Those who are intelligent and are of purified consciousness are completely satisfied in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Freed from the modes of material nature, they do not act for sense gratification; rather, since they are situated in their own occupational duties, they act as one is expected to act." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.6-7

"By executing one’s occupational duties, acting with detachment and without a sense of proprietorship or false egoism, one is posted in one’s constitutional position by dint of complete purification of consciousness, and by thus executing so-called material duties he can easily enter into the kingdom of God." "Through the path of illumination, such liberated persons approach the complete Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of the material and spiritual worlds and is the supreme cause of their manifestation and dissolution." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/6 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.10

"The yogīs who become detached from the material world by practice of breathing exercises and control of the mind reach the planet of Brahmā, which is far, far away. After giving up their bodies, they enter into the body of Lord Brahmā, and therefore when Brahmā is liberated and goes to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supreme Brahman, such yogīs can also enter into the kingdom of God." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/10

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.16-17

"Persons who are too addicted to this material world execute their prescribed duties very nicely and with great faith. They daily perform all such prescribed duties with attachment to the fruitive result." "Such persons, impelled by the mode of passion, are full of anxieties and always aspire for sense gratification due to uncontrolled senses. They worship the forefathers and are busy day and night improving the economic condition of their family, social or national life." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/16 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/17

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.18-19

"Such persons are called trai-vargika because they are interested in the three elevating processes. They are averse to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can give relief to the conditioned soul. They are not interested in the Supreme Personality’s pastimes, which are worth hearing because of His transcendental prowess." "Such persons are condemned by the supreme order of the Lord. Because they are averse to the nectar of the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are compared to stool-eating hogs. They give up hearing the transcendental activities of the Lord and indulge in hearing of the abominable activities of materialistic persons." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/18 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/19

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.23-24

"Engagement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and application of devotional service unto Kṛṣṇa make it possible to advance in knowledge and detachment, as well as in self-realization." "The exalted devotee’s mind becomes equipoised in sensory activities, and he is transcendental to that which is agreeable and not agreeable." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/23 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/24

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.25

"Because of his transcendental intelligence, the pure devotee is equipoised in his vision and sees himself to be uncontaminated by matter. He does not see anything as superior or inferior, and he feels himself elevated to the transcendental platform of being equal in qualities with the Supreme Person." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.27

"The greatest common understanding for all yogīs is complete detachment from matter, which can be achieved by different kinds of yoga." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/27

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.29-30

"From the total energy, the mahat-tattva, I have manifested the false ego, the three modes of material nature, the five material elements, the individual consciousness, the eleven senses and the material body. Similarly, the entire universe has come from the Supreme Personality of Godhead." "This perfect knowledge can be achieved by a person who is already engaged in devotional service with faith, steadiness and full detachment, and who is always absorbed in thought of the Supreme. He is aloof from material association." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/29 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/32/30