Study a Verse

• Śrīla Prabhupāda writes as follows in Kṛṣṇa: “As far as Pauṇḍraka was concerned, somehow or other he always thought of Vāsudeva by falsely dressing himself in imitation of the Lord.
• Therefore Pauṇḍraka achieved sārūpya, one of the five kinds of liberation, and was thus promoted to the Vaikuṇṭha planets, where the devotees have the same bodily features as Viṣṇu, with four hands holding the four symbols.
• Thus he was given sārūpya liberation, and he attained the same form as the Lord.”

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Conflict and affection → Devotional wonder. Divine intimacy coexists with royal duties.

Chapters 60–69 of Canto 10: Palace life, family bonds and heroic protection. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 66: Pauṇḍraka, the False Vāsudeva

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Because Pauṇḍraka had constantly meditated on the Supreme Lord, even dressing like Him, he gained liberation. When Kṛṣṇa beheaded Kāśirāja, the King’s head flew into his city, and when his queens, sons and other relatives saw it, they all began to lament.