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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.27

ఏవం కృష్ణమతేర్బ్రహ్మన్నాసక్తస్యామలాత్మన: । కాల: ప్రాదురభూత్కాలే తడిత్సౌదామనీ యథా ॥ ౨౭ ॥
evaṁ kṛṣṇa-mater brahman
[evam krishna-mater brahman]
nāsaktasyāmalātmanaḥ
[naasaktasyaamalaatmanah]
kālaḥ prādurabhūt kāle
[kaalah praadurabhoot kaale]
taḍit saudāmanī yathā
[tadit saudaamanee yathaa]
evam — thus kṛṣṇa-mateḥ — one who is fully absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa brahman — O Vyāsadeva na — not āsaktasya — of one who is attached amala-ātmanaḥ — of one who is completely free from all material dirt kālaḥ — death prādurabhūt — become visible kāle — in the course of time taḍit — lightning saudāmanī — illuminating yathā — as it is.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ kṛṣṇa-mater brahman
evam
thus
kṛṣṇa-mateḥ
one who is fully absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa
brahman
O Vyāsadeva
nāsaktasyāmalātmanaḥ
na
not
āsaktasya
of one who is attached
amala-ātmanaḥ
of one who is completely free from all material dirt
kālaḥ prādurabhūt kāle
kālaḥ
death
prādurabhūt
become visible
kāle
in the course of time
taḍit saudāmanī yathā
taḍit
lightning
saudāmanī
illuminating
yathā
as it is.
And so, O Brāhmaṇa Vyāsadeva, in due course of time I, who was fully absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa and who therefore had no attachments, being completely freed from all material taints, met with death, as lightning and illumination occur simultaneously.

To be fully absorbed in the thought of Kṛṣṇa 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 Kṛṣṇa, who is guaranteed to pass on to the kingdom of God, where life is eternal, fully cognizant and blissful, naturally has no hankerings for petty material things, which are like dolls or shadows of the reality and are without 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 a change takes place exactly like lightning, and illumination follows simultaneously. That is to say a devotee simultaneously changes his material body and develops a spiritual body by the will of the Supreme. Even before death, a pure devotee has no material affection, due to his body’s being spiritualized like a red-hot iron in contact with fire.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O brāhmaṇa Vyāsa! Concentrating only on Kṛṣṇa, not attached to material enjoyment and pure in mind, the time of receiving my spiritual body occurred simultaneously with that of giving up my material body, like lightning flashing simultaneously with lightning.
Commentary

At the time of dissolving my subtle and gross bodies (kāle), the time (kālaḥ) that I was waiting for expectantly for a long time made its appearance. That is the meaning. It is like saying “The time when the king went was the time he arrived.” It is said that the intelligence, even when identified with the Lord completely, being non-different, still has the ability to make distinctions. But this case was different. Intelligence could not make a distinction. Suddenly the two times (disappearance of the material body and attainment of the spiritual body) simultaneously made their appearance, connected closely like subject and predicate. An example is given. It is like the simultaneity of lightning with another flash of lightning. Just as sometimes lightning appears at the same time as another flash of lightning, similarly at the exact time of giving up my material body, the time of receiving my spiritual body as an associate also occurred.

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