156 Srimad-Bhagavatam [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
brahmanas, they requested the demigods to revive Maharaja 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 Savitri and Satyavan, Satyavan died and was
being taken away by Yamaraja, but on the request of his wife, Savitri,
Satyavan was revived in the same body. This is an important fact about
the power of the demigods.

TEXT 9
Te Tht a Poi at: |
Mafed AONE BATT TATA: NS I
yasya yogam na varchanti
viyoga-bhaya-katarah
bhajanti carandmbhojam
munayo hari-medhasah

yasya—with the body; yogam—contact; na—do not; vdrchanti—
jnanis desire; viyoga-bhaya-hitarah—being afraid of giving up the
body again; bhajanti—offer transcendental loving service; carana-
ambhojam—to the lotus feet of the Lord; munayah—great saintly per-
sons; hari-medhasah—whose intelligence is always absorbed in thoughts
of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Nimi continued: Mayavadis 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.
