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# Bhagavatapurana 5.5.9

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.5.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.5.9)

yadā mano-hṛdaya-granthir asya karmānubaddho dṛḍha āślatheta /  
tadā janaḥ samparivartate 'smād muktaḥ paraṃ yāty atihāya hetum //

> 9. When this strong (hard) knot of the heart, namely, this thought, brought about by Karma becomes loosened, it is then that  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

> man gets out of this delusion in the form of attachment between man and woman; and then only he eschews the cause (Ahankara), becomes free and attains to the highest goal.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.5.5.p9) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.5.5.9) — English, machine translation

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