Renouncement alone fails; only unwavering attachment to Krishna brings lasting detachment from the material world.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.42 — May 4, 1973, Los Angeles 730504SB-LOS ANGELES [38:41 Minutes] SB-01.08.42_730504SB-LOS ANGELES Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] tvayi me 'nanya-viṣayā matir madhu-pate 'sakṛt ratim udvahatād addhā gaṅgevaugham udanvati [SB 1.8.42] [02:33] [break] "[O Lord of Madhu, as the Ganges forever flows to the sea without hindrance, let my attraction be constantly] ...drawn unto You without being diverted to anyone else." Prabhupāda: In the previous verse, Kuntī prayed that sneha-pāśam imaṁ chindhi dṛḍhaṁ pāṇḍuṣu vṛṣṇiṣu [SB 1.8.41].
She prayed, "My dear Lord, kindly cut off my attraction for the Pāṇḍu, Pāṇḍava family, and Vṛṣṇi family." So by cutting off or giving up the attraction for material things, that is not sufficient. The Māyāvādī philosophers, they say, brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā: "This world is false, and Brahman is truth." We also say the same thing. But what is the difference? The difference is that you are living entity.
You want enjoyment. Enjoyment means varieties. Without varieties you cannot enjoy. Just like here is a flower vase.
There are so many flowers. Why God has created so many colors, so many forms? They create enjoyment, variety. "Variety is the mother of enjoyment." That's a common saying. The Māyāvādī philosophers, they spoil the varieties.
Impersonalists. So what the result is? The result is, āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padaṁ tataḥ patanty adhaḥ anādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ [SB 10.2.32], Bhāgavata says. They labor hard.
They undergo severe penances. Just like our sannyāsī, they can sit down here, although there are many women. So Māyāvādī sannyāsī will not sit down. Where there are women, they will not sit down.
They are very strict. And if some, some of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, if, by chance, they touch one woman someway or other, then he has to undergo some penances. Of course, a sannyāsī should be very cautious about intermingling with woman. For a sannyāsī...