evaṁ kṛṣṇa-mater brahman nāsaktasyāmalātmanaḥ kālaḥ prādurabhūt kāle taḍitsaudāmanī yathā
Synonyms
evam—thus; kṛṣṇa-mateḥ—one who is fully absorbed in thinking of Krishna; brahman—oh Vyasadeva; na—not Asaktasya—of one who is attached; āsaktasya—of one who is completely free from all material dirts; amalātmanaḥ—death; kālaḥ—become visible; prādurabhūt—in the course of time; kāle—lightening; taḍit—illuminating; saudāmanī—as it is.
Translation
Thus oh Brahmin Vyasadeva, in due course of time I, who was fully absorbed in thinking Krishna and therefore had no material attachment having been completely freed from all material dirts, met with death exactly like the lightening and illumination occur simultaneously.
Purport
To be fully absorbed in the thought of Krishna 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 Krishna who is gruaranteed to pass on to the kingdom of God where life is eternal fully cognisant and blissful,—has naturally no hankerings for petty material things which are dolls like shadow of the reality without any 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 change takes place exactly like the lightening and illumination follows simultaneously. That is to say a devotee simultaneously changes his material body and devloves a spiritual body by the Will of the Supreme. Even before death a pure devotee has no material affection on account of his body being spiritualised like the red hot iron acts like fire in contact with fire.