Freedom comes only through Krishna consciousness, understanding all belongs to Krishna, not to the false ego claiming "mine."Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.40 — December 18, 1973, Los Angeles 731218SB-LOS ANGELES [33:08 Minutes] SB-01.15.40_731218SB-LOS ANGELES Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] visṛjya tatra tat sarvaṁ dukūla-valayādikam nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sañchinnāśeṣa-bandhanaḥ [SB 1.15.40] [break] visṛjya—relinquishing; tatra—all those; tat—that; sarvam—everything; dukūla—belt; valaya-ādikam—and bangles; nirmamaḥ—uninterested; nirahaṅkāraḥ—unattached; sañchinna—perfectly cut off; aśeṣa-bandhanaḥ—unlimited attachment.
You want this. Do it." So this is renouncement. If you... God has given us freedom, little freedom.
Just like a child is given freedom. Naturally, out of affection, mother, father gives freedom. But not complete freedom. Because child's freedom is nonsense.
It must be protected. Therefore all the living entities who have come to this material world for enjoying, it is also exactly like the child. A small child, you let him be free, he will catch up sometimes this, catch up sometimes that, catch up sometimes that. He does not know what is his real interest.
But because he is child, he is catching this, catching that, catching that. Sometimes he catches fire and burns his hand. Sometimes he falls down in the water. Sometimes catches snake.
These are all dangerous things, but he does not know. So similarly, we are in the modes of material nature. There are three modes of material nature: sattva-raja-tamaḥ. Those who are in darkness, tamaḥ, completely in darkness, do not know anything, exactly like the child does not know what is his actual interest. Know to..., not.
Generally, everyone who is in this material world, he does not know what is actually, what thing he should capture. He does not know. That is the difficulty. Mūḍha.