Text 14] Battle Between the Demigods and Vrtrasura 173

practice before one is overcome by death, but the perfect yogi, namely
the devotee, dies in trance, thinking of Krsna. He does not feel his ma-
terial body being separated from his soul; the soul is immediately
transferred to the spiritual world. Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti
mam eti: the soul does not enter the womb of a material mother again,
but is transferred back home, back to Godhead. This yoga, bhakti-yoga,
is the highest yoga system, as explained by the Lord Himself in
Bhagavad-gita (6.47):

yogindm api sarvesam
mad-gatendntaratmana

sraddhavan bhajate yo mam
sa me yuktatamo matah

“Of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping
Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in
yoga and is the highest of all.” The bhakti-yogi always thinks of Krsna,
and therefore at the time of death he can very easily transfer himself to
Krsnaloka, without even perceiving the pains of death.

TEXTS 13-14

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athendro vajram udyamya
nirmitam visvakarmana

muneh Saktibhir utsikto
bhagavat-tejasdnvitah

vrto deva-ganaih sarvair
gajendropary asobhata

stiyamdno muni-ganais
trailokyam harsayann iva
