SB 11.9.1

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 9: Detachment from All that Is Material

SB 11.9.2

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 1

śrī-brāhmaṇa uvāca
parigraho hi duḥkhāya
yad yat priyatamaṁ nṛṇām
anantaṁ 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.

SB 11.9.2