Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 17
Vasudeva and Devakī Glorify Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma; The Recovery of Devakī’s Six Sons from Sutala
असावहं ममैवैते देहे चास्यान्वयादिषु । स्नेहपाशैर्निबध्नाति भवान् सर्वमिदं जगत् ॥ १७ ॥
asāv aham mamaivaite dehe cāsyānvayādiṣu sneha-pāśair nibadhnāti bhavān sarvam idaṁ jagat
आप स्नेह की रस्सियों से इस समस्त जगत् को बाँधे रखते हैं; इसलिए लोग देह को देखकर कहते हैं, “यह मैं हूँ,” और संतान-सम्बन्ध आदि को देखकर कहते हैं, “ये मेरे हैं।”
FAQs
This verse explains that the sense of “I” and “mine,” rooted in bodily identification and extended to family and lineage, becomes a powerful bond that keeps one entangled in worldly life.
Because affection, when centered on the body and possessiveness, functions like a binding rope—creating attachment to relatives, identity, and social continuity, which sustains material entanglement.
Notice where identity and possessiveness (“my status,” “my people,” “my body”) drive decisions; practice offering relationships and duties to Krishna, cultivating loving service without possessive attachment.