Bhakti Gives Gradual Detachment - Prabhupada 0348
720326 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Bombay
Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung a nice song: deha-smṛti nāhi yāra saṁsāra-bandhana kāhāṅ tāra: "One who has become detached from these bodily concepts of life, no more he is conditioned. He is already liberated," deha-smṛti nāhi yāra. This can be possible. This can be possible. The example is given just like the coconut: the coconut when it is raw, everything is attached; but when it is dry, if you move it, you'll hear the sound, krt-krt, krt-krt. That means the shell within the coconut, he has separated from the coir. He has separated from the coir. This is possible. Similarly, even within this material body, if you follow the principles of bhakti-yoga, vāsudeve bhagavati—bhakti-yoga through Vāsudeva, not bhakti-yoga through anything else—vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ—then you will be detached, gradually.