Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.2.43

hitvā kalevaraḿ tīrthe

gańgāyāḿ darśanād anu

sadyaḥ svarūpaḿ jagṛhe

bhagavat-pārśva-vartinām

SYNONYMS

hitvā — giving up; kalevaram — the material body; tīrthe — in the holy place; gańgāyām — on the bank of the Ganges; darśanāt anu — after seeing; sadyaḥ — immediately; sva-rūpam — his original spiritual form; jagṛhe — he assumed; bhagavat-pārśva-vartinām — which is fit for an associate of the Lord.

TRANSLATION

Upon seeing the Viṣṇudūtas, Ajāmila gave up his material body at Hardwar on the bank of the Ganges. He regained his original spiritual body, which was a body appropriate for an associate of the Lord.

PURPORT

The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (4.9):

janma karma ca me divyam

evaḿ yo vetti tattvataḥ

tyaktvā dehaḿ punar janma

naiti mām eti so 'rjuna

"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna."

The result of perfection in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is that after giving up one's material body, one is immediately transferred to the spiritual world in one's original spiritual body to become an associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Some devotees go to Vaikuṇṭhaloka, and others go to Goloka Vṛndāvana to become associates of Kṛṣṇa.

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