एवं कृष्णमतेर्ब्रह्मन्नासक्तस्यामलात्मन: । काल: प्रादुरभूत्काले तडित्सौदामनी यथा ॥ २७ ॥
evam krsna-mater brahman nasaktasyamalatmanah kalah pradurabhut kale tadit saudamani yatha
- evam
- thus
- krsna-mateh
- one who is fully absorbed in thinking of Krsna
- brahman
- O Vyasadeva
- na
- not
- asaktasya
- of one who is attached
- amala-atmanah
- of one who is completely free from all material dirt
- kalah
- death
- pradurabhut
- become visible
- kale
- in the course of time
- tadit
- lightning
- saudamani
- illuminating
- yatha
- as it is.
And so, O Brahmana Vyasadeva, in due course of time I, who was fully absorbed in thinking of Krsna and who therefore had no attachments, being completely freed from all material taints, met with death, as lightning and illumination occur simultaneously.