Text 14] Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura
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practice before one is overcome by death, but the perfect  yogī , namely the devotee, dies in trance, thinking of Kṛṣṇa. He does not feel his material body being separated from his soul; the soul is immediately transferred to the spiritual world.  Tyaktvā deham punar janma naiti mām eti:  the soul does not enter the womb of a material mother again, but is transferred back home, back to Godhead. This  yoga ,  bhakti-yoga , is the highest  yoga  system, as explained by the Lord Himself in  Bhagavad-gītā  (6.47):
yoginām api sarveṣām mad-gatenāntarātmanā śraddhāvān bhajate yo mām sa me yuktatamo mataḥ
“Of all  yogī s, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in  yoga  and is the highest of all.” The  bhakti-yogī  always thinks of Kṛṣṇa, and therefore at the time of death he can very easily transfer himself to Kṛṣṇaloka, without even perceiving the pains of death.
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अथेन्द्रो वज्रमुद्यम्य निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा । मुनेः शक्तिभिरुत्सिक्तो भगवत्तेजसान्वितः ॥१३॥ वृतो देवगणैः सर्वैर्गजेन्द्रोपर्यशोभत । स्तूयमानो मुनिगणैस्त्रैलोक्यं हर्षयन्निव ॥१४॥
athendro vajram udyamya nirmitam viśvakarmaṇā muneḥ śaktibhir utsikto bhagavat-tejasānvitaḥ
vṛto deva-gaṇaiḥ sarvair gajendropary aśobhata stūyamāno muni-gaṇais trailokyam harṣayann iva