Text 13] The Lord Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja
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the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the chief of all living entities? He certainly never takes birth or dies.  Ajo 'pi sann avyayātmā  (Bg. 4.6). Both the Lord and the living entity exist as unborn and inexhaustible personalities. Thus Hiraṇyakaśipu's conclusion that Viṣṇu was dead was wrong.
As indicated by the words  yato nāvartate pumān , there is certainly a spiritual kingdom, and if the living entity goes there, he never returns to this material world. This is also confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.9):  tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna . Materially speaking, every living entity dies; death is inevitable. But those who are  karmīs ,  jñānīs  and  yogīs  return to this material world after death, whereas  bhaktas  do not. Of course, if a  bhakta  is not completely perfect he takes birth in the material world again, but in a very exalted position, either in a rich family or a family of the purest  brāhmaṇas  ( śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe ), just to finish his development in spiritual consciousness. Those who have completed the course of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and are free from material desire return to the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama ). Here the same fact is stated:  yato nāvartate pumān . Any person who goes back home, back to Godhead, does not return to this material world.
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वैरानुबन्ध एतावानामृत्योरिह देहिनाम् ।
अज्ञानप्रभवो
मन्युरहंमानोपबृंहितः ॥१३॥
vairānubandha etāvān āmṛtyor iha dehinām ajñāna-prabhavo manyur ahaṁ-mānopabṛṁhitaḥ
vaira-anubandhaḥ—enmity; etāvān—so great; āmṛtyoḥ—up to the point of death; iha—in this; dehinām—of persons too involved in the bodily concept of life; ajñāna-prabhavaḥ—because of the great influence of ignorance; manyuḥ—anger; aham-māna—by egotism; upabṛṁhitaḥ—expanded.