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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 6]
should go to the forest.  Hitvātma-pātaṁ gṛham andha-kūpam.  One should give up his household, which is a place for going further and further down into the darkest regions of material existence. The first advice, therefore, is that one must give up household life ( gṛham andha-kūpam ). However, if one prefers to remain in the dark well of household life because of uncontrolled senses, he becomes increasingly entangled by ropes of affection for his wife, children, servants, house, money and so on. Such a person cannot attain liberation from material bondage. Therefore children should be taught from the very beginning of life to be first-class  brahmacārīs . Then it will be possible for them to give up household life in the future.
To return home, back to Godhead, one must be completely free from material attachment. Therefore,  bhakti-yoga  means  vairāga-vidyā , the art that can help one develop a distaste for material enjoyment.
vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgam jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam
“By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from the world.” ( Bhāg.  1.2.7) If one engages in devotional service from the beginning of life, he easily attains  vairāga-vidyā , or  asakti , detachment, and becomes  jitendriya , the controller of his senses. One who perfectly engages in devotional service is therefore called  gosvāmī  or  svāmī , master of the senses. Unless one is master of the senses, he should not accept the renounced order of life,  sannyāsa . A strong inclination for sense enjoyment is the cause of the material body. Without full knowledge one cannot be unattached to material enjoyment, but as long as one is not in that position one is not fit to return home, back to Godhead.
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को न्वर्यवृष्णां विसृजेत् प्राणेभ्योऽपि य ईप्सितः ।
यं क्रीणात्यसुभिः प्रेष्ठैस्तस्करः सेवको नणिक् ॥१०॥