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Here is the Art of Dying

August 28 2025

In his purport to SB 4.28.15 Srila Prabhupada instructs us in the art of dying:

At the last stage of life, the different gates of the body are choked by the effects of disease, which are caused by an imbalance of bile, mucus and air. Thus the living entity cannot clearly express his difficulties, and surrounding relatives hear the sound "ghura ghura" from a dying man. In his Mukunda-mālā-stotra, King Kulaśekhara states:

kṛṣṇa tvadīya-padapaṅkaja-pañjarāntam
adyaiva me viśatu mānasa-rāja-haṁsaḥ
prāṇa-prayāṇa-samaye kapha-vāta-pittaiḥ
kaṇṭhāvarodhana-vidhau smaraṇaṁ kutas te
[MM33]

"My dear Kṛṣṇa, please help me die immediately so that the swan of my mind may be encircled by the stem of Your lotus feet. Otherwise at the time of my final breath, when my throat is choked up, how will it be possible for me to think of You?"

The swan takes great pleasure in diving within water and being encircled by the stem of the lotus flower. This entanglement is sporting joy. If, in our healthy condition, we think of the lotus feet of the Lord and die, it is most fortunate. In old age, at the time of death, the throat sometimes becomes choked with mucus or blocked by air. At such a time the sound vibration of Hare Kṛṣṇa, the mahā-mantra, may not come out. Thus one may forget Kṛṣṇa. Of course, those who are strong in Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot possibly forget Kṛṣṇa at any stage because they are accustomed to chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, especially when there is a signal from death.

We are unlimitedly indebted to Srila Prabhupada for blessing us with this transcendental knowledge.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Hare Krishna Prabhu,

Prabhu, in the material world, we see that until the time we work for someone, he gives us salary or food or shelter. And the moment we stop working, he throws us out.

So, is this the same thing that happens in the spiritual world? Does Krishna let us stay in the spiritual world until we serve him and throws us into the material world the moment we stop serving him?

Vaibhav Kumar Arya

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From: Austin, Texas USA

My Dear Vaibhav,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Krishna is so kind that He acts as the servant of His devotees, just as He became the chariot driver for Arjuna. He never throws anybody out of the spiritual world. Those of us who have fallen into this material world are like naughty kids who ran away from home even though our parents are begging for us to stay.

I hope this meets you in the best of health and in a cheerful mood.

Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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