SB 3.28.39

The status of real knowledge is very nicely explained in this verse. Practically we..., there are many children, but we accept some children as our sons and daughters on account of affection only, although we know it very well that the children whom we accept as my own are different from me. Similarly, we accept some amount of wealth in the bank or somewhere as mine on account of my too much affection for that amount. The bank balance is always in the bank, but to a certain amount of the bank balance I put my too much affection and therefore I think, "It is mine." Similarly, this body is due to our affection we claim that it is mine. Otherwise, everyone knows that this body is "my body," not that "I body." Everyone says, "It is my body, it is my hand, my leg." As we say, "It is my bank balance, it is my son, it is my daughter," similarly I say, "My body, my hand, my leg." But actually I know that the son is different from me, the money is different from me, similarly the body is different from me. So it is the question of understanding, and that understanding is called knowledge: pratibuddha (p-r-a-t-i-b-u-d-d-h-a-h). So by knowledge, by devotional service, by being in Krsna consciousness, one can become a liberated soul practically.