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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 13]
PURPORT
The demigods are in a position many times higher than that of human beings. Therefore, although the great saints and sages were also powerful  brāhmaṇas , they requested the demigods to revive Mahārāja Nimi's body, which had been preserved in various perfumed balms. One should not think that the demigods are powerful only in enjoying the senses; they are also powerful in such deeds as bringing life back to a dead body. There are many similar instances in the Vedic literature. For example, according to the history of Sāvitrī and Satyavān, Satyavān died and was being taken away by Yamarāja, but on the request of his wife, Sāvitrī, Satyavān was revived in the same body. This is an important fact about the power of the demigods.
TEXT 9
यस्य योगं न वाञ्छन्ति वियोगभयक्रातराः ।
भजन्ति चरणाम्भोजं मुनयो हरिमेधसः ॥ ९ ॥
yasya yogam na vāñchanti
viyoga-bhaya-kātarāḥ
bhajanti caraṇāmbhojam
munayo hari-medhasaḥ
yasya —with the body;  yogam —contact;  na —do not;  vāñchanti — jñānīs  desire;  viyoga-bhaya-kātarāḥ —being afraid of giving up the body again;  bhajanti —offer transcendental loving service;  caraṇa-ambhojam —to the lotus feet of the Lord;  munayaḥ —great saintly persons;  hari-medhasaḥ —whose intelligence is always absorbed in thoughts of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Nimi continued:  Māyāvādīs generally want freedom from accepting a material body because they fear having to give it up again. But devotees whose intelligence is always filled with the service of the Lord are unafraid. Indeed, they take advantage of the body to render transcendental loving service.