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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 10]
the living entity is that he is the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. When one overcomes the material body through cultivation of spiritual knowledge and devotional service, one can revive his own position and thus engage in the service of the Lord.
TEXT 12
यताक्षामुमनोबुद्धिस्तत्त्वदृग् घ्वस्तवन्धनः । आस्थितः परमं योगं न देहं बुधुधे गतम् ॥१२॥
yatākṣāsu-mano-buddhis tattva-dṛg dhvasta-bandhanaḥ āsthitaḥ paramaṁ yogaṁ na dehaṁ bubudhe gatam
yata —controlled;  akṣa —senses;  asu —the life air;  manaḥ —the mind;  buddhiḥ —intelligence;  tattva-dṛk —one who knows the  tattvas , the material and spiritual energies;  dhvasta-bandhanaḥ —liberated from bondage;  āsthitaḥ —being situated in;  paramaṁ —the supreme;  yogaṁ —absorption, trance;  na —not;  dehaṁ —the material body;  bubudhe —perceived;  gatam —left.
TRANSLATION
Dadhīci Muni  controlled his senses, life force, mind and intelligence and became absorbed in trance. Thus he cut all his material bonds. He could not perceive how his material body became separated from his self.
PURPORT
The Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (8.5):
anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ
“Whoever, at the time of death, quits his body remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.” Of course, one must