Text 31] Bhisma’s Passing Away 479

10: One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eve-
brows and in full devotion engages himself in remembering the Supreme
Lord. will certainly attain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

11: Persons learned in the Vedas. who utter omkara and who are great
sages in the renounced order, enter mto Brahman. Desiring such perfection.
one practices celibacy. | shall now explain to vou this process by which
one may attain salvation.

12: The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engage-
ments. Clesing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart
and the life air at the top of the head. one establishes himself in voga.

13: After being situated in this voga practice and vibrating the sacred
syllable om, the supreme combination of letters. if one thinks of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body. he will certainly
reach the spiritual planets.

14: For one who remembers Me without deviation. | am easy to obtain.
O son of Prtha, because of his constant engagement in devotional service.

15: After attaining Me, the great souls. who are yogis in devotion, never
return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they
have attained the highest perfection.

Sri Bhismadeva attained the perfection of quitting his body at will and
was fortunate enough to have Lord Krsna, the object of his attention.
personally present at the time of death. He, therefore, fixed his open eyes
upon Him. He wanted to see Sri Krsna for a long time out of his sponta-
neous love for Him. Because he was a pure devotee, he had very little to
do with the detailed performance of yogic principles. Simple bhakti-yoga
is enough to bring about perfection. Therefore. the ardent desire of
Bhismadeva was to see the person of Lord Krsna, the most lovable object.
and by the grace of the Lord, Sri Bhismadeva had this opportunity at the
last stage of his breathing.

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visuddhaya dharanaya hatasubhas
tad-iksayaivasu gata-yudha-sramah
nivrtta-sarvendriya-urtti-vibh ramas
tustava janyam visrjai janardanam
