Jayapataka Swami: Wonder why this question was asked? How will this help someone in advancement in bhakti yoga? A grihasta may be detached. He can be detached from different things. But we recommend yukta vairagya. That we engage all the things in Krsna’s service. But some people they do the markata vairagya – they do the monkey vairagya! Monkeys look very renounced, austere. They don’t wear clothes, they live in the jungle. But one monkey may have 50 wives! And so although they look very renounced, they are actually sense gratifiers! Lord Caitanya recommended not to falsely renounce your family. So that is markata vairagya. Rather you use your householder life, family life in Krsna’s service and that is yuktavairagya.
27-June-2020 SRI DHAM MAYAPUR, INDIA