ghare ÄilÄ prabhu bahu laÃ±Ä dhana-jana
tattva-jñÄne kailÄ Å›acÄ«ra duḥkha vimocana
ghare - home; ÄilÄ - returned; prabhu - the Lord; bahu - much; laÃ±Ä - bringing; dhana - riches; jana - followers; tattva-jñÄne - by transcendental knowledge; kailÄ - did; Å›acÄ«ra - of ÅšacÄ«mÄtÄ; duḥkha - the unhappiness; vimocana - relieving.
When the Lord returned home, bringing with Him great wealth and many followers, He spoke to Śacīdevī about transcendental knowledge to relieve her of the grief she was suffering.
It is stated in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (2.13):
dehino ’smin yathÄ dehe kaumÄraá¹ yauvanaá¹ jarÄ
tathÄ dehÄntara-prÄptir dhÄ«ras tatra na muhyati
“As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change.†Such verses from the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ or any other Vedic literature give valuable instructions on the occasion of someone’s passing away. By discussing such instructions from the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ or ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, a sober man can certainly understand that the soul never dies but rather passes from one body to another. This is called transmigration of the soul. A soul comes into this material world and creates bodily relationships with a father, a mother, sisters, brothers, a wife and children, but all these relationships pertain to the body, not the soul. Therefore, as described in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ, dhÄ«ras tatra na muhyati: one who is sober is not disturbed by such phenomenal changes within this material world. Such instructions are called tattva-kathÄ, or real truth.
