Gadhada First Section Vach. 1 Vachanamrut Rahasyarth Pradeepika Tika

When can it be said that one has left his body? When he has acquired true spiritual knowledge or when his physical body dies?

When one visualises the Murti of Shreejimaharaj within his soul, it may be said that he has left his body. Even though his physical body may remain, it is similar to the sloughed skin of a snake. This is not the same for someone who is of the siddh-mukta state. He, by the will of Shreejimaharaj, appears in a human body, although he actually has a divine form. When the snakeskin-like body of a soul finally falls, Shreejimaharaj shows a chariot, aircraft, etc., to take it to the divine abode, but even this is only shown so that other souls can realise. In reality, someone who has become Brahm-roop does not need a chariot or aircraft, because he has already realised Shreejimaharaj and for him, there is no coming or going to the divine abode. He has already achieved this status.