186 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 10
will be elevated to the heavenly planets.”” Everyone should be ready to
die while performing glorious deeds. A glorious person is not meant to
meet death like cats and dogs.
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dvau sammatav iha mrtyi durdpau
yad brahma-sandharanaya jitasuh
kalevaram yoga-rato vijahyad
yad agranir vira-saye ’nivrttah
dvau—two; sammatau—approved (by Sastra and great personalities);
iha—in this world; mrtyi—deaths; durapau—extremely rare; yat—
which; brahma-sandhéranaya—with concentration on Brahman,
Paramatma or Parabrahma, Krsna; jita-asuh—controlling the mind and
senses; kalevaram—the body; yoga-ratah—being engaged in the per-
formance of yoga; vijahyat—one may leave; yat—which; agranih—
taking the lead; vira-saye—on the battlefield; anivrttah—not turning
back.
TRANSLATION
There are two ways to meet a glorious death, and both are very
rare. One is to die after performing mystic yoga, especially bhakti-
yoga, by which one can control the mind and living force and die
absorbed in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The
second is to die on the battlefield, leading the army and never
showing one’s back. These two kinds of death are recommended in
the Sastra as glorious.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Sixth Canto, Tenth
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “‘The Battle Between the
Demigods and Vrtrasura.”
