Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.66.24

sa nityam bhagavad-dhyana-

pradhvastakhila-bandhanah

bibhranas ca hare rajan

svarupam tan-mayo 'bhavat

SYNONYMS

sah -- he (Paundraka); nityam -- constant; bhagavat -- upon the Supreme Lord; dhyana -- by his meditation; pradhvasta -- completely shattered; akhila -- all; bandhanah -- whose bondage; bibhranah -- assuming; ca -- and; hareh -- of Lord Krishna; rajan -- O King (Parikshit); svarupam -- the personal form; tat-mayah -- absorbed in consciousness of Him; abhavat -- he became.

TRANSLATION

By constantly meditating upon the Supreme Lord, Paundraka shattered all his material bonds. Indeed, by imitating Lord Krishna's appearance, O King, he ultimately became Krishna conscious.

PURPORT

Srila Prabhupada writes as follows in Krishna: "As far as Paundraka was concerned, somehow or other he was always thinking of Vasudeva by falsely dressing himself in that way, and therefore Paundraka achieved sarupya, one of the five kinds of liberation, and was thus promoted to the Vaikuntha planets, where the devotees have the same bodily features as Vishnu, with four hands holding the four symbols. Factually, his meditation was concentrated on the Vishnu form, but because he thought himself to be Lord Vishnu, he was offensive. After being killed by Krishna. however, that offense was also mitigated. Thus he was given sarupya liberation, and he attained the same form as the Lord."

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