Once their eyes were fixed upon his transcendental form, women were unable to withdraw them, and once that form had entered the ears of the sages and became fixed in their hearts, it would never depart. What to speak of acquiring fame, the great poets who described the beauty of the Lord’s form would have their words invested with joy. And by seeing that form on Arjuna’s chariot, all the warriors on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra attained the liberation. This verse shows that he could not give up his body. The eternal wives like Rukminī could not withdraw their eyes which were attached to his form. That form entered the ears of the ātmārāma sages like you and remained there like a picture, and would not go away. The beauty of that form described by poets like Vyāsa produced special joy in their words. Seeing that form on Arjuna’s chariot in battle, the soldiers attained sāyujya. That body was directly Brahman, beyond the guṇas. By seeing a material form one cannot attain sāyujya. The personified Vedas say: nibhṛta-marun-mano-’kṣa-dṛḍha-yoga-yujo hṛdi yan munaya upāsate tad arayo ’pi yayuḥ smaraṇāt Simply by constantly thinking of him, the enemies of the Lord attained the same Supreme Truth whom sages fixed in yoga worship by controlling their breath, mind and senses. SB 10.87.23 Nor would ātmārāmas remain attached to a material form. Nor would the Lord’s eternal wives such as Lakṣmī, hlādinī-śaktis, be attached to a material form. Therefore, sages who describe that the Lord gave up his body are bewildered by the Lord’s māyā.