SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Srimad-Bhigavatam[Canto 7, Ch. ITRANSLATIONMaharaja Yudhi!hira inquired: What kind of great curse couldaffect even liberated vi':lu-bhaktas, and what sort of person couldcurse even the Lord's associates? For unffinching devotees of theLord to fall again to this material world is impossible. I cannotbelieve this.PURPORTIn Bhagavad-gitii (8.16) the Lord clearly states, mdm upetya tu kaunteyapunar janma na vidyate: one who is purified of material contaminationand returns home, back to Godhead, does not return to this materialworld. Elsewhere in Bhagavad-gitii (4.9) l(r:Qa says:janma karma ca me divyamevam yo vetti tattvata!ttyaktvii deham punar janmanaiti mdm eti so 'rjuna"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activitiesdoes not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this materialworld, but attains My eternal abode, 0 Arjuna." MaharajaYudhithira, therefore, was surprised that a pure devotee could return tothis material world. This is certainly a very important question.TEXT 354JP..I9119tf ·IM9tli( I(4+ilw-lif(4¥41«6«J II '-\11dehendriyasu-hinanamvaikur:t!ha-pura-viisiniimdeha-sambandha-sambaddhametad akhyatum arhasideha-of a material body; indriya-material senses; asu-lifebreath; hiniiniim-of those devoid; vaikur:t!ha-pura-of Vaiku:Qtha;vasiniim-of the residents; deha-sambandha-in a material body; sambaddham-bondage;etat-this; akhyatum arhasi-please describe.