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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 2]
This sort of thinking is also a type of meditation on the Absolute Truth, and as soon as such meditation begins, one develops one's godly qualities, and the whole world appears to be a happy and peaceful residence for all the people of the world. Without such meditation on God, either personal or impersonal, all good qualities of the human being become covered with misconceptions regarding his constitutional position, and without such advanced knowledge, the whole world becomes a hell for the human being.
TEXT 15
श्यिरं सुखं चासनमास्थितो यति- 
    यदा जिहासुरिममङ्ग लोकम् । 
    काले च देशे च मनो न सजयेत 
    प्राणान् नियच्छेन्मनसा जितासुः ॥१५॥
sthiram sukham cāsanam āsthito yatir 
    yadā jihāsur imam aṅga lokam 
    kāle ca deśe ca mano na sajjayet 
    prāṇān niyacchen manasā jitāsuḥ
sthiram —without being disturbed;  sukham —comfortable;  ca —also;  āsanam —sitting accommodation;  āsthitaḥ —being situated;  yatiḥ —the sage;  yadā —whenever;  jihāsuḥ —desires to give up;  imam —this;  aṅga —O King;  lokam —this body;  kāle —in time;  ca —and;  deśe —in proper place;  ca —also;  manaḥ —mind;  na —not;  sajjayet —may not be perplexed;  prāṇān —the senses;  niyacchet —must control;  manasā —by the mind;  jitāsuḥ —conquering the life air.
TRANSLATION
O King, whenever the yogī desires to leave this planet of human beings, he should not be perplexed about the proper time or place, but should comfortably sit without being disturbed and, regulating the life air, should control the senses by the mind.
PURPORT
In the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 8.14) it is clearly stated that a person who is totally engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, and who