Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 9 Verse 1

Canto 11: General History | Chapter 9: Detachment from All that Is Material

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.9.1

śrī-brāhmaṇa uvāca

parigraho hi duḥkhāya

yad yat priyatamaḿ nṛṇām

anantaḿ sukham āpnoti

tad vidvān yas tv akiñcanaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca — the saintly brāhmaṇa said; parigrahaḥ — attachment to possession; hi — certainly; duḥkhāya — leading to misery; yat yat — whatever; priya-tamam — is most dear; nṛṇām — of men; anantam — unlimited; sukham — happiness; āpnoti — achieves; tat — that; vidvān — knowing; yaḥ — whoever; tu — indeed; akiñcanaḥ — is free from such attachment.

TRANSLATION

The saintly brāhmaṇa said: Everyone considers certain things within the material world to be most dear to him, and because of attachment to such things one eventually becomes miserable. One who understands this gives up material possessiveness and attachment and thus achieves unlimited happiness.

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