Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.39

enah pūrva-kritam yat tad

rājānah krishna-vairinah

jahus te 'nte tad-ātmānah

kītah peśaskrito yathā

SYNONYMS

enah — this sinful activity (of blaspheming the Supreme Lord); pūrva-kritam — executed in previous births; yat — which; tat — that; rājānah — kings; krishna-vairinah — always acting as enemies of Krishna; jahuh — gave up; te — all of them; ante — at the time of death; tat-ātmānah — attaining the same spiritual body and form; kītah — a worm; peśaskritah — (captured by) a black drone; yathā — just like.

TRANSLATION

Not only Śiśupāla and Dantavakra but also many, many other kings who acted as enemies of Krishna attained salvation at the time of death. Because they thought of the Lord, they received spiritual bodies and forms the same as His, just as worms captured by a black drone obtain the same type of body as the drone.

PURPORT

The mystery of yogic meditation is explained here. Real yogīs always meditate on the form of Vishnu within their hearts. Consequently, at the time of death they give up their bodies while thinking of the form of Vishnu and thus attain Vishnuloka, Vaikunthaloka, where they receive bodily features the same as those of the Lord. From the Sixth Canto we have already learned that when the Vishnudūtas came from Vaikuntha to deliver Ajāmila, they looked exactly like Vishnu, with four hands and the same features as Vishnu. Therefore, we may conclude that if one practices thinking of Vishnu and is fully absorbed in thinking of Him at the time of death, one returns home, back to Godhead. Even enemies of Krishna who thought of Krishna in fear (bhaya), such as King Kamsa, received bodies in a spiritual identity similar to that of the Lord.

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