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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 6]
blissful, has naturally no hankerings for petty material things, which are like dolls or shadows of the reality and are without permanent value. That is the sign of spiritually enriched persons. And in due course of time, when a pure devotee is completely prepared, all of a sudden the change of body occurs which is commonly called death. And for the pure devotee such a change takes place exactly like lightning, and illumination follows simultaneously. That is to say a devotee simultaneously changes his material body and develops a spiritual body by the will of the Supreme. Even before death, a pure devotee has no material affection due to his body being spiritualized like a red-hot iron in contact with fire.
TEXT 28
प्रयुज्यमाने मयि तां शुद्धां भागवतीं तनुम् । 
    आरब्धकर्मनिर्वर्णो न्यपतत् पाञ्चभौतिकः ॥२८॥
prayujyamāne mayi tām 
    śuddhām bhāgavatīm tanum 
    ārabdha-karma-nirvāṇo 
    nyapatat pāñca-bhautikaḥ
prayujyamāne—having been awarded upon; mayi—on me; tām—that; śuddhām—transcendental; bhāgavatīm—fit for associating with the Personality of Godhead; tanum—body; ārabdha—acquired; karma—fruitive work; nirvāṇaḥ—prohibitive; nyapatat—quit; pāñca-bhautikaḥ—body made of five material elements.
TRANSLATION
Having been awarded a transcendental body befitting an associate of the Personality of Godhead, I quit the body made of five material elements, and thus all acquired fruitive results of work [karma] stopped.
PURPORT
Informed by the Personality of Godhead that he would be awarded a transcendental body befitting the Lord's association, Nārada got his spiritual body as soon as he quitted his material body. This transcendental body is free from material affinity and invested with three primary transcendental qualities, namely eternity, freedom from material modes, and