यद् ब्रह्मसन्धारणया जितासुः ।
कलेवरं योगरतो विजह्याद्
यदग्रणीर्वीरशयेऽनिवृत्तः ॥३३॥
dvau sammatÄv iha má¹›tyÅ« durÄpau
yad brahma-sandhÄraṇayÄ jitÄsuḥ
kalevaraá¹ yoga-rato vijahyÄd
yad agraṇīr vīra-śaye 'nivṛttaḥ
dvau - two; sammatau - approved (by Å›Ästra and great personalities); iha - in this world; má¹›tyÅ« - deaths; durÄpau - extremely rare; yat - which; brahma-sandhÄraṇayÄ - with concentration on Brahman, ParamÄtmÄ or Parabrahma, Kṛṣṇa; jita-asuḥ - controlling the mind and senses; kalevaram - the body; yoga-rataḥ - being engaged in the performance of yoga; vijahyÄt - one may leave; yat - which; agraṇīḥ - taking the lead; vÄ«ra-Å›aye - on the battlefield; anivá¹›ttaḥ - not turning back.
There are two ways to meet a glorious death, and both are very rare. One is to die after performing mystic yoga, especially bhakti-yoga, by which one can control the mind and living force and die absorbed in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The second is to die on the battlefield, leading the army and never showing one’s back. These two kinds of death are recommended in the Å›Ästra as glorious.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Sixth Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “The Battle Between the Demigods and Vá¹›trÄsura.â€
