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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 8]
TRANSLATION
O King of heaven, a brāhmaṇa named Kauśika formerly used this armor when he purposely gave up his body in the desert by mystic power.
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तस्योपरि विमानेन गन्धर्वपतिरेक्षा । ययौ चित्ररथः स्त्रीमिर्घृतो यत्र द्विजक्षयः ॥३९॥
tasyopari vimānena gandharva-patir ekadā yayau citrarathaḥ strībhir vṛto yatra dvija-kṣayaḥ
tasya —his dead body;  upari —above;  vimānena —by airplane;  gandharva-patiḥ —the King of Gandharvaloka, Citraratha;  ekadā —once upon a time;  yayau —went;  citrarathaḥ —Citraratha;  strībhiḥ —by many beautiful women;  vṛtaḥ —surrounded;  yatra —where;  dvija-kṣayaḥ —the brāhmaṇa Kauśika had died.
TRANSLATION
Surrounded by many beautiful women, Citraratha, the King of Gandharvaloka, was once passing in his airplane over the brāhmaṇa's body at the spot where the brāhmaṇa had died.
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गगनान्न्यपत्तु सद्यः सविमानो ह्यवाक्शिराः । स वालिखिल्यवचनादस्थीन्यादाय विस्मितः । प्रास्य प्राचीसरस्वत्यां स्नात्वा धाम स्वमन्वगात् ॥४०॥
gaganān nyapatat sadyaḥ savimāno hy avāk-śirāḥ sa vālikhilya-vacanād asthīny ādāya vismitaḥ prāsya prācī-sarasvatyāṁ snātvā dhāma svam anvagāt