Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 8 Verse 28

Canto 11: General History | Chapter 8: The Story of Pińgalā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.8.28

tasyā nirviṇṇa-cittāyā

gītaḿ śṛṇu yathā mama

nirveda āśā-pāśānāḿ

puruṣasya yathā hy asiḥ

SYNONYMS

tasyāḥ — of her; nirviṇṇa — disgusted; cittāyāḥ — whose mind; gītam — song; śṛṇu — please hear; yathā — as it is; mama — from me; nirvedaḥ — detachment; āśā — of hopes and yearnings; pāśānām — of the binding network; puruṣasya — of a person; yathā — just as; hi — certainly; asiḥ — the sword.

TRANSLATION

The prostitute felt disgusted with her material situation and thus became indifferent to it. Indeed, detachment acts like a sword, cutting to pieces the binding network of material hopes and desires. Now please hear from me the song sung by the prostitute in that situation.

PURPORT

The network of material desires is created when one falsely thinks that he can establish himself permanently in the material world. This binding network should be cut by the sword of detachment; otherwise one will be forced to wander in the illusory network of māyā with no understanding of liberated life on the spiritual platform.

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