अहं समाधाय मनो यथाह नः
सङ्कर्षणस्तच्चरणारविन्दे ।
त्वद्वज्ररंहोलुलितग्राम्यपाशो
गतिं मुनेर्याम्यपविद्धलोकः ॥२१॥

ahaá¹ samÄdhÄya mano yathÄha naḥ
saá¹…kará¹£aṇas tac-caraṇÄravinde
tvad-vajra-raá¹ho-lulita-grÄmya-pÄÅ›o
gatiá¹ muner yÄmy apaviddha-lokaḥ

 aham - I; samÄdhÄya - fixing firmly; manaḥ - the mind; yathÄ - just as; Äha - said; naḥ - our; saá¹…kará¹£aṇaḥ - Lord Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa; tat-caraṇa-aravinde - at His lotus feet; tvat-vajra - of your thunderbolt; raá¹haḥ - by the force; lulita - torn; grÄmya - of material attachment; pÄÅ›aḥ - the rope; gatim - the destination; muneḥ - of NÄrada Muni and other devotees; yÄmi - I shall achieve; apaviddha - giving up; lokaḥ - this material world (where one desires all kinds of impermanent things).


Text

By the force of your thunderbolt, I shall be freed of material bondage and shall give up this body and this world of material desires. Fixing my mind upon the lotus feet of Lord Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, I shall attain the destination of such great sages as NÄrada Muni, just as Lord Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa has said.

Purport

The words ahaá¹ samÄdhÄya manaḥ indicate that the most important duty at the time of death is to concentrate one’s mind. If one can fix his mind on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu, Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa or any Viṣṇu mÅ«rti, his life will be successful. To be killed while fixing his mind at the lotus feet of Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, Vá¹›trÄsura asked Indra to release his vajra, or thunderbolt. He was destined to be killed by the thunderbolt given by Lord Viṣṇu; there was no question of its being baffled. Therefore Vá¹›trÄsura requested Indra to release the thunderbolt immediately, and he prepared himself by fixing his mind at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. A devotee is always ready to give up his material body, which is described herein as grÄmya-pÄÅ›a, the rope of material attachment. The body is not at all good; it is simply a cause of bondage to the material world. Unfortunately, even though the body is destined for destruction, fools and rascals invest all their faith in the body and are never eager to return home, back to Godhead.