Text 22] The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura
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caraṇa-aravinde —at His lotus feet;  tvat-vajra —of your thunderbolt;  ramhaḥ —by the force;  lulita —torn;  grāmya —of material attachment;  pāśaḥ —the rope;  gatim —the destination;  muneḥ —of Nārada Muni and other devotees;  yāmi —I shall achieve;  apaviddha —giving up;  lokaḥ —this material world (where one desires all kinds of impermanent things).
TRANSLATION
By the force of your thunderbolt, I shall be freed of material bondage and shall give up this body and this world of material desires. Fixing my mind upon the lotus feet of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, I shall attain the destination of such great sages as Nārada Muni, just as Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa has said.
PURPORT
The words  aham samādhāya manaḥ  indicate that the most important duty at the time of death is to concentrate one's mind. If one can fix his mind on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu, Saṅkarṣaṇa or any Viṣṇu  mūrti , his life will be successful. To be killed while fixing his mind at the lotus feet of Saṅkarṣaṇa, Vṛtrāsura asked Indra to release his  vajra , or thunderbolt. He was destined to be killed by the thunderbolt given by Lord Viṣṇu; there was no question of its being baffled. Therefore Vṛtrāsura requested Indra to release the thunderbolt immediately, and he prepared himself by fixing his mind at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. A devotee is always ready to give up his material body, which is described herein as  grāmya-pāśa , the rope of material attachment. The body is not at all good; it is simply a cause of bondage to the material world. Unfortunately, even though the body is destined for destruction, fools and rascals invest all their faith in the body and are never eager to return home, back to Godhead.
TEXT 22
पुंसां किलैकान्तधियां स्वकानां याः सम्पदो दिवि भूमौ रसायाम् । न राति यद् द्वेष उद्वेग आधि- मेदः कलिर्व्यसनं संप्रयासः ॥२२॥