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are full of stool and urine. If a person engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, however, is also afraid of giving up his body, what is the use of his having labored to study the śāstras? It was simply a waste of time.
PURPORT
At the time of death a materialist thinks of his wife and children. He is absorbed in thinking of how they will live and who will take care of them after he leaves. Consequently he is never prepared to give up his body; rather, he wants to continue to live in his body to serve his society, family, friends and so on. Therefore by practicing the mystic  yoga  system one must become detached from bodily relationships. If despite practicing  bhakti-yoga  and studying all the Vedic literature, one is afraid of giving up his bad body, which is the cause of all his suffering, what is the use of his attempts to advance in spiritual life? The secret of success in practicing  yoga  is to become free from bodily attachments. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Thākura says,  deha-smṛti nāhi yāra, saṁsāra-bandhana kāhān tāra : one whose practice has freed him from the anxieties of bodily needs is no longer in conditional life. Such a person is freed from conditional bondage. A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness must fully discharge his devotional duties without material attachment. Then his liberation is guaranteed.
TEXT 15
तनः प्रभो त्वं कुकलेवरार्पितां
त्वन्माययाहंममतामधोक्षज ।
भिन्द्याम येनाशु वयं सुदुर्भिदां
विधेहि योगं त्वयिनः स्वभावमिति ॥१५॥
tan naḥ prabho tvaṁ kukalevarārpitāṁ tvan-māyayāhaṁ-mamatām adhokṣaja bhindyāma yenāśu vayaṁ sudurbhidāṁ vidhehi yogaṁ tvayi naḥ svabhāvam iti
tat—therefore; naḥ—our; prabho—O my Lord; tvam—You; ku-kalevara-arpitām—invested in this bad body full of stool and urine;