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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 2]
phenomenon is calculated to be diametrically (both ways) 4,500,000,000 miles. Then the coverings of the universe begin. The first stratum of the covering is calculated to extend eight million miles, and the subsequent coverings of the universe are respectively of fire, effulgence, air and ether, one after another, each extending ten times further than the previous. The fearless devotee of the Lord penetrates each one of them and ultimately reaches the absolute atmosphere where everything is of one and the same spiritual identity. Then the devotee enters one of the Vaikuṇṭha planets where he assumes the exact form of the Lord and engages in the loving transcendental service of the Lord. That is the highest perfection of devotional life. Beyond this there is nothing to be desired or achieved by the perfect  yogī .
TEXT 29
घ्राणेन गन्धं रसनेन वै रसं 
        रूपं तु दृष्ट्या श्वसनं त्वचैव । 
        श्रोत्रेण चोपेत्य नभोगुणत्वं 
        प्राणेन चाक्रूतिमुपैति योगी ॥२९॥
ghrāṇena gandham rasanena vai rasam  
 rūpam ca drṣṭyā śvasanam tvacaiva  
 śrotreṇa copetya nabho-guṇatvam  
 prāṇena cākūtim upaiti yogī
ghrāṇena —by smelling;  gandham —flavor;  rasanena —by taste;  vai —exactly;  rasam —palate;  rūpam —forms;  ca —also;  drṣṭyā —by vision;  śvasanam —contact;  tvacā —touch;  eva —as it were;  śrotreṇa —by vibration of the ear;  ca —also;  upetya —by achieving;  nabhas-guṇatvam —identification of ether;  prāṇena —by sense organs;  ca —also;  ākūtim —material activities;  upaiti —attains;  yogī —the devotee.
TRANSLATION
The devotee thus surpasses the subtle objects of different senses like the flavor by smelling, the palate by tasting, the vision by seeing forms, the touch by contacting, the vibration of the ear by ethereal identification, and the sense organs by material activities.