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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 3]
statements given by the Supreme when He kindly incarnates to instruct us. We must simply accept the word of Lord Rāmacandra, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and follow in Their footsteps. Then it may be possible for us to know the purpose of Their incarnations.
janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna (Bg. 4.9)
If by the Lord's grace one can understand Him, one will immediately be delivered, even within his material body. The material body will no longer have any function, and whatever activities take place with the body will be activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In this way one may give up his body and return home, back to Godhead.
TEXT 7
दिद्ध्वो यस्य पदं सुमङ्गलं
विमुक्तसङ्गा मुनयः सुसाधवः ।
चरन्त्यलोकव्रतमव्रणं वने
भूतात्मभूताः सुहृदः स मे गतिः ॥ ७ ॥
didṛkṣavo yasya padaṁ sumaṅgalaṁ vimukta-saṅgā munayaḥ susādhavaḥ caranty aloka-vratam avraṇaṁ vane bhūtātma-bhūtāḥ suhṛdaḥ sa me gatiḥ
didṛkṣavaḥ —those who desire to see (the Supreme Personality of Godhead);  yasya —of Him;  padam —the lotus feet;  su-maṅgalam —all-auspicious;  vimukta-saṅgāḥ —persons who are completely disinfected of material conditions;  munayaḥ —great sages;  su-sādhavaḥ —those who are highly elevated in spiritual consciousness;  caranti —practice;  aloka-vratam —vows of  brahmacarya ,  vānaprastha  or  sannyāsa ;  avraṇam —without any fault;  vane —in the forest;  bhūta-ātma-bhūtāḥ —those who are equal to all living entities;  suhṛdaḥ —those who are friends to every-