110 Srimad -Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 4

FTAA FA Tie-
CTATRMAARMITAMAT — [I

grhesu daresu sutesu bandhusu
dvipottama-syandana-vaji-vastusu

aksayya-ratnabharandmbaradisv
ananta-kosesv akarod asan-matim

grhesu—in the homes; daresu—in wives; sutesu—in children;
bandhusu—in friends and relatives; dvipa-uttama—in the best of
powerful elephants; syandana—in nice chariots; vaji—in first-class
horses; vastusu—in all such things; aksayya—whose value never
decreases; ratna—in jewels; Gbharana—in ornaments; ambara-ddisu—
in such dresses and ornaments; ananta-kosSesu—in an inexhaustible
treasury; akarot—accepted; asat-matim—no attachment.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Ambarisa gave up all attachment to household affairs,
wives, children, friends and relatives, to the best of powerful
elephants, to beautiful chariots, carts, horses and inexhaustible
jewels, and to ornaments, garments and an inexhaustible treasury.
He gave up attachment to all of them, regarding them as temporary
and material.

PURPORT

Andasaktasya visayan yatharham upayunjatah. Material possessions
can be accepted as far as they can be used in devotional service.
Anukilyena krsnanusilanam. Anukilyasya sankalpah pratikiilyasya
varjanam. In preaching, many things considered material are needed. A
devotee should not have any attachment for such material involvements
as house, wife, children, friends and cars. Maharaja Ambarisa, for
example, had all such things, but he was not attached to them. This is the
effect of bhakti-yoga. Bhaktih paresdnubhavo viraktir anyatra ca
(Bhég. 11.2.42). One who is advanced in devotional service has no at-
tachment for material things for sense enjoyment, but for preaching, to
spread the glories of the Lord, he accepts such things without attach-
