Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.32.10

evam paretya bhagavantam anupravista

ye yogino jita-marun-manaso viragah

tenaiva sakam amrtam purusam puranam

brahma pradhanam upayanty agatabhimanah

SYNONYMS

evam -- thus; paretya -- having gone a long distance; bhagavantam -- Lord Brahma; anupravistah -- entered; ye -- those who; yoginah -- yogis; jita -- controlled; marut -- the breathing; manasah -- the mind; viragah -- detached; tena -- with Lord Brahma; eva -- indeed; sakam -- together; amrtam -- the embodiment of bliss; purusam -- unto the personality of Godhead; puranam -- the oldest; brahma pradhanam -- the Supreme Brahman; upayanti -- they go; agata -- not gone; abhimanah -- whose false ego.

TRANSLATION

The yogis who become detached from the material world by practice of breathing exercises and control of the mind reach the planet of Brahma, which is far, far away. After giving up their bodies, they enter into the body of Lord Brahma, and therefore when Brahma is liberated and goes to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supreme Brahman, such yogis can also enter into the kingdom of God.

PURPORT

By perfecting their yogic practice, yogis can reach the highest planet, Brahmaloka, or Satyaloka, and after giving up their material bodies, they can enter into the body of Lord Brahma. Because they are not directly devotees of the Lord, they cannot get liberation directly. They have to wait until Brahma is liberated, and only then, along with Brahma, are they also liberated. It is clear that as long as a living entity is a worshiper of a particular demigod, his consciousness is absorbed in thoughts of that demigod, and therefore he cannot get direct liberation, or entrance into the kingdom of God, nor can he merge into the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such yogis or demigod worshipers are subjected to the chance of taking birth again when there is again creation.

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