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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 3]
are keeping your life air circulating within your bones. Certainly this is wonderful.
PURPORT
It appears that the soul can exist even through the bones, as shown by the personal example of Hiraṇyakaśipu. When great  yogīs  are in  samādhi , even when their bodies are buried and their skin, marrow, blood and so on have all been eaten, if only their bones remain they can exist in a transcendental position. Very recently an archaeologist published findings indicating that Lord Christ, after being buried, was exhumed and that he then went to Kashmir. There have been many actual examples of  yogīs ' being buried in trance and exhumed alive and in good condition several hours later. A  yogī  can keep himself alive in a transcendental state even if buried not only for many days but for many years.
TEXT 19
नैत्तूर्वर्षयश्चक्रुर्न करिष्यन्ति चापरे । निरम्बुर्धारयेत्प्राणान् को वै दिव्यसमाः शतम् ॥१९॥
naitat pūrvarṣayaś cakrur na kariṣyanti cāpare nirambur dhārayet prāṇān ko vai divya-samāḥ śatam
na —not;  etat —this;  pūrva-rṣayaḥ —the sages before you, such as Bhṛgu;  cakruḥ —executed;  na —nor;  kariṣyanti —will execute;  ca —also;  apare —others;  nirambuḥ —without drinking water;  dhārayet —can sustain;  prāṇān —the life air;  kaḥ —who;  vai —indeed;  divya-samāḥ —celestial years;  śatam —one hundred.
TRANSLATION
Even saintly persons like Bhṛgu, born previously, could not perform such severe austerities, nor will anyone in the future be able to do so. Who within these three worlds can sustain his life without even drinking water for one hundred celestial years?