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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 1]
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira inquired: What kind of great curse could affect even liberated viṣṇu-bhaktas, and what sort of person could curse even the Lord's associates? For unflinching devotees of the Lord to fall again to this material world is impossible. I cannot believe this.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  (8.16) the Lord clearly states,  mām upetya tu kaun-teya punar janma na vidyate : one who is purified of material contamination and returns home, back to Godhead, does not return to this material world. Elsewhere in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.9) Kṛṣṇa says:
janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā deham punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna
“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.” Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, therefore, was surprised that a pure devotee could return to this material world. This is certainly a very important question.
TEXT 35
देहेन्द्रियासुहीनानां वैकुण्ठपुरवासिनाम् । देहसम्बन्धसम्बद्धमेतदाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥३५॥
dehendriyāsu-hīnānām vaikuṇṭha-pura-vāsinām deha-sambandha-sambaddham etad ākhyātum arhasi
deha —of a material body;  indriya —material senses;  asu —life breath;  hīnānām —of those devoid;  vaikuṇṭha-pura —of Vaikuṇṭha;  vāsinām —of the residents;  deha-sambandha —in a material body;  sambaddham —bondage;  etat —this;  ākhyātum arhasi —please describe.