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Mahārāja Pṛthu's Going Back Home
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cakra  penetration process and thus gave up the body according to his own free will and immediately entered the spiritual sky.
TEXT 15
उत्सर्पयंस्तु तं मूर्ध्नि क्रमेणावेश्य निःस्पृहः । वायुं वायौ क्षितौ कायं तेजस्तेजस्ययुगुजत् ॥१५॥
utsarpayams tu tam mūrdhni krameṇāveśya niḥspṛhaḥ vāyum vāyau kṣitau kāyam tejas tejasy ayūyujat
utsarpayan —thus placing;  tu —but;  tam —the air;  mūrdhni —on the head;  krameṇa —gradually;  āveśya —placing;  niḥspṛhaḥ —being freed from all material desires;  vāyum —the air portion of the body;  vāyau —in the total air covering the universe;  kṣitau —in the total covering of earth;  kāyam —this material body;  tejaḥ —the fire in the body;  tejasi —in the total fire of the material covering;  ayūyujat —mixed.
TRANSLATION
In this way, Pṛthu Mahārāja gradually raised his air of life up to the hole in his skull, whereupon he lost all desire for material existence. Gradually he merged his air of life with the totality of air, his body with the totality of earth, and the fire within his body with the totality of fire.
PURPORT
When the spiritual spark, which is described as one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair, is forced into material existence, that spark is covered by gross and subtle material elements. The material body is composed of five gross elements—earth, water, fire, air and ether—and three subtle elements—mind, intelligence and ego. When one attains liberation, he is freed from these material coverings. Indeed, success in  yoga  involves getting free from these material coverings and entering into spiritual existence. Lord Buddha's teachings of  nirvāṇa  are based on this principle. Lord Buddha instructed his followers to give up these material coverings by means of meditation and  yoga . Lord Buddha did not give any information about the soul, but if one follows his instructions strictly, he will ultimately become free from the material coverings and attain  nirvāṇa .
When a living entity gives up the material coverings, he remains a spirit soul. This spirit soul must enter into the spiritual sky to merge into the Brahman effulgence. Unfortunately, unless the living entity has informa-