Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 63
Kṛṣṇa’s Impending Departure; Uddhava’s Surrender; King Yadu and the Avadhūta’s Twenty-Four Gurus
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दृष्ट्वा तान् लुब्धक: कश्चिद् यदृच्छातो वनेचर: । जगृहे जालमातत्य चरत: स्वालयान्तिके ॥ ६३ ॥
dṛṣṭvā tān lubdhakaḥ kaścid yadṛcchāto vane-caraḥ jagṛhe jālam ātatya carataḥ svālayāntike
At that time a certain hunter who happened to be wandering through the forest saw the young pigeons moving about near their nest. Spreading out his net he captured them all.
FAQs
In this verse, the birds become vulnerable to capture when they remain together near a fixed place, illustrating how attachment and complacency invite bondage and suffering.
Śukadeva narrates this episode as part of the Avadhūta’s teachings, using a simple forest scene to show how material desire (greed) and attachment create the conditions for entrapment.
Reduce blind attachment to comforts, possessions, and group pressure; stay alert to “nets” like addictions and greed, and cultivate detachment and purposeful living centered on dharma and bhakti.