Sri mad Bhagavatam - Prabhupada

Text 24] The Glories of Devotional Service 1029the pernicious effects of material attachment;hi-indeed; te-they.harii-counteractors of;TRANSLATION0 My mother, 0 virtuous lady, these are the qualities of great devoteeswho are free from all attachment. You must seek attachment to such holymen, for this counteracts the pernicious effects of material attachment.PURPORTKapila Muni herein advises His mother, Devahiiti, that if she wants tobe free from material attachment then she should increase her attachmentfor the sadhus or devotees who are completely freed from all materialattachment. In Bhagavad-gtta, Fifteenth Chapter, fifth verse, it is statedwho is qualified to enter into the kingdom of Godhead. It is said there,nirmlina-moha jita-sanga-doli. This refers to one who is completely freedfrom the puffed-up condition of material possessiveness. A person may bematerially very rich, opulent or respectable, but if he at all wants totransfer himself to the spiritual kingdom, back home, back to Godhead,then he has to be freed from the puffed-up condition of materialpossessiveness, because that is a false position.The word moha, used here, means the false understanding that one isrich or poor. In this material world, the conception that one is very richor very poor-or any such consciousness in connection with materialexistence-is false, because this body itself is false or temporary. A puresoul who is prepared to be freed from this material entanglement must firstof all be free from the association of the three modes of nature. Ourconsciousness at the present moment is polluted because of associationwith the three modes of nature; therefore in Bhagavad-gtta the sameprinciple is stated. It is advised, jita-sanga-do§li: one should be freed fromthe contaminated association of the three modes of material nature. Herealso, in the Srtmad-Bhtigavatam, this is confirmed: a pure devotee who ispreparing to transfer himself to the spiritual kingdom is also freed fromthe association of the three modes of material nature. We have to seekthe association of such devotees. For this reason we have begun theInternational Society for Krishna Consciousness. There are many mercantile,scientific and other associations in human society to develop aparticular type of education or consciousness, but there is no associationwhich helps one to get free from all material association. If anyone hasreached the stage where he must become free from this material contami-