Text 40] The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
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Krṣṇa, attains salvation. There are many instances of this, and among them is Aghāsura, who attained the salvation of  sārūpya-mukti . Therefore the process is  satatam kīrtayanto mām yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ  (Bg. 9.14). Those who are devotees always engage in glorifying Krṣṇa.  Advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam : when we speak of Krṣṇa, we refer to all His  avatāras , such as Krṣṇa, Govinda, Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu, Lord Caitanya, Krṣṇa-Balarāma and Śyāmasundara. One who always thinks of Krṣṇa must attain  vimukti , special salvation as the Lord's personal associate, not necessarily in Vṛndāvana, but at least in Vaikuṇṭha. This is called  sārūpya-mukti .
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श्रीसूत उवाच
इत्थं द्विजा यादवदेवदत्तः
श्रुत्वा स्वरातुश्रुतिं विचित्रम् ।
पप्रच्छ भूयोऽपि तदेव पुष्यं
वैयासक्तिं यन्निगृहीतचेताः ॥४०॥
śrī-sūta uvāca
ittham dvijā yādavadeva-dattaḥ
śrutvā sva-rātuś caritam vicitram
papraccha bhūyo 'pi tad eva puṇyam
vaiyāsakim yan nigṛhīta-cetāḥ
śrī-sūtaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī spoke to the assembled saints at Naimiṣāraṇya;  ittham —in this way;  dvijāḥ —O learned  brāhmaṇas ;  yādava-deva-dattaḥ —Mahārāja Parīkṣit (or Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira), who was protected by Yādavadeva, Krṣṇa;  śrutvā —hearing;  sva-rātuḥ —of Krṣṇa, who was his savior within the womb of his mother, Uttarā;  caritam —the activities;  vicitram —all wonderful;  papraccha —inquired;  bhūyaḥ api —even again;  tat eva —such activities;  puṇyam —which are always full of pious activities ( śṛṇvatām sva-kathāḥ krṣṇaḥ puṇya-śra-vaṇa-kīrtanaḥ : to hear about Krṣṇa is always pious);  vaiyāsakim —unto Śukadeva Gosvāmī;  yat —because;  nigṛhīta-cetāḥ —Parīkṣit Mahārāja had already become steady in hearing about Krṣṇa.