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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.10
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TEXT 10
- evaṁ paretya bhagavantam anupraviṣṭā
- ye yogino jita-marun-manaso virāgāḥ
- tenaiva sākam amṛtaṁ puruṣaṁ purāṇaṁ
- brahma pradhānam upayānty agatābhimānāḥ
evamthus — thus; paretyahaving gone a long distance — having gone a long distance; bhagavantamLord Brahmā — Lord Brahmā; anupraviṣṭāḥentered — entered; yethose who — those who; yoginaḥyogīs — yogīs; jitacontrolled — controlled; marutthe breathing — the breathing; manasaḥthe mind — the mind; virāgāḥdetached — detached; tenawith Lord Brahmā — with Lord Brahmā; evaindeed — indeed; sākamtogether — together; amṛtamthe embodiment of bliss — the embodiment of bliss; puruṣamunto the Personality of Godhead — unto the Personality of Godhead; purāṇamthe oldest — the oldest; brahmathe Supreme Brahman pradhānamthe Supreme Brahman — the Supreme Brahman; upayāntithey go — they go; agatanot gone — not gone; abhimānāḥwhose false ego — whose false ego.
The yogīs who become detached from the material world by practice of breathing exercises and control of the mind reach the planet of Brahmā, which is far, far away. After giving up their bodies, they enter into the body of Lord Brahmā, and therefore when Brahmā is liberated and goes to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supreme Brahman, such yogīs can also enter into the kingdom of God.
By perfecting their yogic practice, yogīs can reach the highest planet, Brahmaloka, or Satyaloka, and after giving up their material bodies, they can enter into the body of Lord Brahmā. Because they are not directly devotees of the Lord, they cannot get liberation directly. They have to wait until Brahmā is liberated, and only then, along with Brahmā, are they also liberated. It is clear that as long as a living entity is a worshiper of a particular demigod, his consciousness is absorbed in thoughts of that demigod, and therefore he cannot get direct liberation, or entrance into the kingdom of God, nor can he merge into the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such yogīs or demigod worshipers are subjected to the chance of taking birth again when there is again creation.