# Detached Attachment > *“Sankhya philosophy, as is well known, deals with* prakrti *and* purusa*.* Purusa *is the Supreme Personality of Godhead or anyone who imitates the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an enjoyer, and* prakrti *means “nature.” In this material world, material nature is being exploited by the* purusas*, or the living entities. The intricacies in the material world of the relationship of the* prakrti *and* purusa*, or the enjoyed and the enjoyer, is called* samsara*, or material entanglement. Devahuti wanted to cut the tree of material entanglement, and she found the suitable weapon in Kapila Muni. The tree of material existence is explained in the Fifteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita as an* asvattha *tree whose root is upwards and whose branches are downwards. It is recommended there that one has to cut the root of this material existential tree with the ax of detachment. What is the attachment? The attachment involves* prakrti *and* purusa*. The living entities are trying to lord it over material nature. Since the conditioned soul takes material nature to be the object of his enjoyment and he takes the position of the enjoyer, he is therefore called* purusa*.”* [(SB 3.25.11)](https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/25/11/) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/canto-03/s.a.v.e.s/s-sankya-yoga-25-33/detached-attachment.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.