At the time of death you can leave your body and your family. But you cannot leave the Karma that you did for their advantages and pleasures.

Note – you can not change your attitude at the time of death or in the last minutes of your life. Only a devotee who was constantly focusing his mind (right from the early ages of life) on the Lord can remember Him while leaving his body.  So Bhagavatham reminds us of, “Surrender to the Lord, Service to the world”. This will save us from the miserable cycle of births and deaths. With this, we are concluding the thirtieth chapter of third canto.

3.31.1 – 10

After describing about death and its associated miseries, Bhagavan describes the miseries a child suffers in the womb. Bhagavatham says that a child in the womb experiences indescribable pain – caused by the bites of living organisms in the mother’s abdomen and the severity of the foods that she eats.

The child remembers his past lifetimes and understands that his “Karmaphalam” has caused this birth. If he were unconscious he would have been spared from this suffering. But the will of the Lord gives him knowledge and memories of past life times.