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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 5]
opportunity. Simply by hearing  Bhagavad-gītā  and chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra , one becomes completely purified. Thus the struggle for existence ceases, and one goes back home, back to Godhead.
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श्रीशुक उवाच
इत्याभाष्य सुरान्वेधाः सह देवैररिन्दम ।
अजितस्य पदं साक्षाजगाम तमसः परम् ॥२४॥
śrī-śuka uvāca  
 ity ābhāṣya surān vedhāḥ  
 saha devair arindama  
 ajitasya padam sākṣāj  
 jagāma tamasaḥ param
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca —Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  iti —thus;  ābhāṣya —talking;  surān —unto the demigods;  vedhāḥ —Lord Brahmā, who is the head of this universe and who gives everyone good sense in Vedic knowledge;  saha —with;  devaiḥ —the demigods;  arim-dama —O Mahārāja Parikṣit, subduer of all kinds of enemies (such as the senses);  ajitasya —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  padam —to the place;  sākṣāt —directly;  jagāma —went;  tamasaḥ —the world of darkness;  param —transcendental to, beyond.
TRANSLATION
O Mahārāja Parikṣit, subduer of all enemies, after Lord Brahmā finished speaking to the demigods, he took them with him to the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which is beyond this material world. The Lord's abode is on an island called Śvetadvīpa, which is situated in the ocean of milk.
PURPORT
Mahārāja Parikṣit is addressed here as  arindama , “subduer of all enemies.” Not only do we have enemies outside of our bodies, but within