258 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 3
love, you wanted to have Me as your son. Therefore you never
desired to be liberated from this material world.
PURPORT

Vasudeva and Devaki had been dam-pati, husband and wife, since the
time of Sutapa and Prsni, and they wanted to remain husband and wife
in order to have the Supreme Personality of Godhead as their son. This
attachment came about by the influence of devamayd. Loving Krsna as
one’s son is a Vedic principle. Vasudeva and Devaki never desired any-
thing but to have the Lord as their son, yet for this purpose they ap-
parently wanted to live like ordinary grhasthas for sexual indulgence.
Although this was a transaction of spiritual potency, their desire appears
like attachment for sex in conjugal life. If one wants to return home,
back to Godhead, one must give up such desires. This is possible only
when one develops intense love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has said:

niskificanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya
param param jigamisor bhava-sdgarasya
(Ce. Madhya 11.8)
If one wants to go back home, back to Godhead, one must be niskiicana,
free from all material desires. Therefore, instead of desiring to have the
Lord come here and become one’s son, one should desire to become free
from all material desires (anyabhildsita-sinyam) and go back home,
back to Godhead. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us in His Siksdstaka:
na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye
mama janmani janmanisvare
bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

“O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire
beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want
Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth.”’ One should not ask
the Lord to fulfill any materially tainted desires.
