ततो विशेषं प्रतिपद्य निर्भय- स्तेनात्मनापोऽनलमूर्तिरत्वरन् । ज्योतिर्मयो वायुमुपेत्य काले वाय्वात्मना खं बृहदात्मलिङ्गम् ॥ २८ ॥
tato visesam pratipadya nirbhayas tenatmanapo ’nala-murtir atvaran jyotirmayo vayum upetya kale vayv-atmana kham brhad atma-lingam
- tatah
- thereafter
- visesam
- particularly
- pratipadya
- by obtaining
- nirbhayah
- without any doubt
- tena
- by that
- atmana
- pure self
- apah
- water
- anala
- fire
- murtih
- forms
- atvaran
- by surpassing
- jyotih-mayah
- effulgent
- vayum
- atmosphere
- upetya
- having reached there
- kale
- in due course of time
- vayu
- air
- atmana
- by the self
- kham
- ethereal
- brhat
- great
- atma-lingam
- the real form of the self.
After reaching Satyaloka, the devotee is specifically able to be incorporated fearlessly by the subtle body in an identity similar to that of the gross body, and one after another he gradually attains stages of existence from earthly to watery, fiery, glowing and airy, until he reaches the ethereal stage.