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== Srimad-Bhagavatam ==

=== SB Canto 9 ===

'''If one engages all material things in relation with the loving service of the Lord, one is situated in yukta-vairāgya, proper renunciation'''

<span class="SB-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:SB 9.9.47|SB 9.9.47, Purport]]:''' When passing through a mountainous region in an airplane, one may sometimes see a city in the sky with towers and palaces, or one may see similar things in a big forest. This is called a gandharva-pura, a phantasmagoria. This entire world resembles such a phantasmagoria, and every materially situated person has attachment for it. But Khaṭvāṅga Mahārāja, because of his advanced Kṛṣṇa consciousness, was not interested in such things. Even though a devotee may engage in apparently materialistic activities, he knows his position very well. Nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate. If one engages all material things in relation with the loving service of the Lord, one is situated in yukta-vairāgya, proper renunciation. In this material world, nothing should be accepted for one's sense gratification: everything should be accepted for the service of the Lord. This is the mentality of the spiritual world. Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga advises that one give up material attachments and surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus one achieves success in life. This is pure bhakti-yoga, which involves vairāgya-vidyā—renunciation and knowledge.

: vairägya-vidyä-nija-bhakti-yoga-
: śikṣārtham ekaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
: śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-śarīra-dhārī
: kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye
: [Cc. Madhya 6.254]

"Let me surrender unto the Personality of Godhead who has appeared now as Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He is the ocean of all mercy and has come down to teach us material detachment, learning and devotional service to Himself."