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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 2]
determination, one should vow to follow these principles and thus be saved from the miserable condition of material existence. The first necessity is to become freed from the bodily concept of life.
TEXT 39
इति जातसुनिर्वेदः क्षणसङ्गेन साधुषु । गङ्गाद्वारमुपेयाय मुक्तसर्वानुबन्धनः ॥३९॥
iti jāta-sunirvedaḥ kṣaṇa-saṅgena sādhuṣu gaṅgā-dvāram upeyāya mukta-sarvānubandhanaḥ
iti —thus;  jāta-sunirvedaḥ —(Ajāmila) who had become detached from the material conception of life;  kṣaṇa-saṅgena —by a moment's association;  sādhuṣu —with devotees;  gaṅgā-dvāram —to Hardwar ( hari-dvāra ), the doorway to Hari (because the Ganges begins there, Hardwar is also called  gaṅgā-dvāra );  upeyāya —went;  mukta —being freed from;  sarva-anubandhanaḥ —all kinds of material bondage.
TRANSLATION
Because of a moment's association with devotees [the Viṣṇudūtas], Ajāmila detached himself from the material conception of life with determination. Thus freed from all material attraction, he immediately started for Hardwar.
PURPORT
The word  mukta-sarvānubandhanaḥ  indicates that after this incident, Ajāmila, not caring for his wife and children, went straight to Hardwar for further advancement in his spiritual life. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement now has centers in Vṛndāvana and Navadvīpa so that those who want to live a retired life, whether they be devotees or not, can go there and with determination give up the bodily concept of life. One is welcome to live in those holy places for the rest of his life in order to