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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 4: Ambarīsha Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.27
griheshu dāreshu suteshu bandhushu
dvipottama-syandana-vāji-vastushu
akshayya-ratnābharanāmbarādishv
ananta-kośeshv akarod asan-matim
SYNONYMS
griheshu — in the homes; dāreshu — in wives; suteshu — in children; bandhushu — in friends and relatives; dvipa-uttama — in the best of powerful elephants; syandana — in nice chariots; vāji — in first-class horses; vastushu — in all such things; akshayya — whose value never decreases; ratna — in jewels; ābharana — in ornaments; ambara-ādishu — in such dresses and ornaments; ananta-kośeshu — in an inexhaustible treasury; akarot — accepted; asat-matim — no attachment.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Ambarīsha gave up all attachment to household affairs, wives, children, friends and relatives, to the best of powerful elephants, to beautiful chariots, carts, horses and inexhaustible jewels, and to ornaments, garments and an inexhaustible treasury. He gave up attachment to all of them, regarding them as temporary and material.
PURPORT
Anāsaktasya vishayān yathārham upayuñjatah. Material possessions can be accepted as far as they can be used in devotional service. Ānukūlyena krishnānuśīlanam. Ānukūlyasya sańkalpah prātikūlyasya varjanam. In preaching, many things considered material are needed. A devotee should not have any attachment for such material involvements as house, wife, children, friends and cars. Mahārāja Ambarīsha, for example, had all such things, but he was not attached to them. This is the effect of bhakti-yoga. Bhaktih pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra ca (Bhāg. 11.2.42). One who is advanced in devotional service has no attachment for material things for sense enjoyment, but for preaching, to spread the glories of the Lord, he accepts such things without attachment. Anāsaktasya vishayān yathārham upayuñjatah. Everything can be used to the extent that it can be engaged in Krishna's service.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness