>
> evam krsna-mater brahman
> nasaktasyamalatmanah
> kalah pradurabhut kale
> tadit saudamani yatha
>
> SYNONYMS
>
> evam -- thus; krsna-mateh -- one who is fully absorbed in thinking of Krsna;
> brahman -- O Vyasadeva; na -- not; asaktasya -- of one who is attached;
> amala-atmanah -- of one who is completely free from all material dirt; kalah
> -- death; pradurabhut -- become visible; kale -- in the course of time;
> tadit -- lightning; saudamani -- illuminating; yatha -- as it is.
>
> TRANSLATION
>
> And so, O Brahmana Vyasadeva, in due course of time I, who was fully
> absorbed in thinking of Krsna and who therefore had no attachments, being
> completely freed from all material taints, met with death, as lightning and
> illumination occur simultaneously.
>
> PURPORT
>
> To be fully absorbed in the thought of Krsna means clearance of material
> dirts or hankerings. As a very rich man has no hankerings for small petty
> things, so also a devotee of Lord Krsna, who is guaranteed to pass on to the
> kingdom of God, where life is eternal, fully cognizant and blissful,
> naturally has no hankerings for petty material things, which are like dolls
> or shadows of the reality and are without permanent value. That is the sign
> of spiritually enriched persons. And in due course of time, when a pure
> devotee is completely prepared, all of a sudden the change of body occurs
> which is commonly called death. And for the pure devotee such a change takes
> place exactly like lightning, and illumination follows simultaneously. That
> is to say a devotee simultaneously changes his material body and develops a
> spiritual body by the will of the Supreme. Even before death, a pure devotee
> has no material affection, due to his body's being spiritualized like a
> red-hot iron in contact with fire.
>
> ================================
>
> From Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.16.37:
>
> PURPORT
>
> When something is arranged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one should
> not be disturbed by it, even if it appears to be a reverse according to
> one's calculations. For example, sometimes we see that a powerful preacher
> is killed, or sometimes he is put into difficulty, just as Haridasa Thakura
> was. He was a great devotee who came into this material world to execute the
> will of the Lord by preaching the Lord's glories. But Haridasa was punished
> at the hands of the Kazi by being beaten in twenty-two marketplaces.
> Similarly, Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, and Prahlada Maharaja was put
> through so many tribulations. The Pandavas, who were direct friends of
> Krsna, lost their kingdom, their wife was insulted, and they had to undergo
> many severe tribulations. Seeing all these reverses affect devotees, one
> should not be disturbed; one should simply understand that in these matters
> there must be some plan of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The
> Bhagavatam's conclusion is that a devotee is never disturbed by such
> reverses. He accepts even reverse conditions as the grace of the Lord. One
> who continues to serve the Lord even in reverse conditions is assured that
> he will go back to Godhead, back to the Vaikuntha planets.
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