Death can never take place at all (kutrāpi na ghaṭate) for these devotees (siddhas), because it is inauspicious (aśivatvāt). Anything inauspicious is not possible for them. Death however is described for the sādhaka-bhakta, in such statements as “The very faithful give up their lives in Mathurā.” For the siddha-bhakta, because of the disturbance caused by separation (viyogasya kṣobhakatvāt) a near-death condition occurs. This is called mṛti.