SB 1.15.40 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 40
Visrijya tatra tat sarvam dukula valayadikam Nirmamo nirahamkarah samchhinna asesavandhanah.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Visrijya—relinquishing, Tatra—all those, Tat—that, Sarvam—everything, Dukula—belt, Valayadikam—and bangles, Nirmamo—uninterested, Nirahamkarah—unattached, Samcchinna—perfectly cut off, Asesavandhanah—unlimited attachment.
TRANSLATION
Maharaj at once relinquished all his garment belt and ornaments of a royal order and became completely uninterested unattached to all sorts of attachment.
PURPORT
To become purified of material contamination is the necessary qualification for becoming one of the associates of the Lord. Nobody can become an associate of the Load or can go back to home back to Godhead without such purification. Maharaj Yudhisthir, therefore, to become spiritually pure at once gave up his royal opulence by dress and garments. The kashaya or saffron loins of a Sanyasi means free from all attractive material garments and thus he changed his dress accordingly. He became uninterested to his kingdom and family attachment and thus became free from all material contamination or material designation. People are generally attached to various kinds of designations namely the designation of family, society, country, occupation, wealth, position and so many others. So long one is attached to such designations he is considered materially impure. The so called leaders of men of the modern age are attached by national consciousness but they do not know that such false consciousness is also another designation of the materially conditioned soul; and one has to relinquish such designations before one can become elligible for going back to home back to Godhead. Foolish people, however adore such men who die in national consciousness but here is an example by a royal order like Maharaj Yudhisthir who prepared himself for leaving this world without such national consciousness. And yet he is remembered by all men even up to date because he was a great pious king almost on the same level of the Personality of Godhead Sri Rama. And because people of the world were dominated by such pious kings, they were happy in all respects and it was quite possible for such great emperors to rule over the world.