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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.6.54

तत्र तप्‍त्वा तपस्तीक्ष्णमात्मदर्शनमात्मवान् । सहैवाग्निभिरात्मानं युयोज परमात्मनि ॥ ५४ ॥
tatra taptvā tapas tīkṣṇam
[tatra taptvaa tapas teekshnam]
ātma-darśanam ātmavān
[aatma-darshanam aatmavaan]
sahaivāgnibhir ātmānaṁ
[sahaivaagnibhir aatmaanam]
yuyoja paramātmani
[yuyoja paramaatmani]
Word-for-word
tatra — in the forest taptvā — executing austerity tapaḥ — the regulative principles of austerity tīkṣṇam — very severely ātma-darśanam — which helps self-realization ātmavān — conversant with the self saha — with eva — certainly agnibhiḥ — fires ātmānam — the personal self yuyoja — he engaged parama-ātmani — dealing with the Supreme Soul.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatra taptvā tapas tīkṣṇam
tatra
in the forest
taptvā
executing austerity
tapaḥ
the regulative principles of austerity
tīkṣṇam
very severely
ātma-darśanam ātmavān
ātma-darśanam
which helps self-realization
ātmavān
conversant with the self
sahaivāgnibhir ātmānaṁ
saha
with
eva
certainly
agnibhiḥ
fires
ātmānam
the personal self
yuyoja paramātmani
yuyoja
he engaged
parama-ātmani
dealing with the Supreme Soul.
When Saubhari Muni, who was quite conversant with the self, went to the forest, he performed severe penances. In this way, in the fire at the time of death, he ultimately engaged himself in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Purport

At the time of death, fire burns the gross body, and if there is no more desire for material enjoyment the subtle body is also ended, and in this way a pure soul remains. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā ( tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti ). If one is free from the bondage of both the gross and subtle material bodies and remains a pure soul, he returns home, back to Godhead, to be engaged in the service of the Lord. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti: he goes back home, back to Godhead. Thus it appears that Saubhari Muni attained that perfect stage.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Saubhari, knowing the self, performed severe penances in the forest for realizing the self. He gave up his body along with the fires and attained the Supreme Lord. He gave up his body along with the household fires and attained the Lord.
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Personal Guidance
If the desire for material enjoyment is truly burned out by the end, even the subtle body dissolves, and the pure soul returns to the Lord. The body's death is only a doorway; what walks through depends on what we have already cultivated.
Reflection Questions
  • What unprocessed desires would walk through that doorway with me right now?
  • What practice could I deepen today so the soul, not desire, defines my final moment?
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