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Also known as अपवर्ग · Apavarga

The goal (apavarga) that dharma serves

Dharma is 'apavargya' - of the nature whose end is liberation (SB 1.2.9).

The highest gain of birth is the remembrance of Narayana at the end

'etavan sankhya-yogabhyam svadharma-parinishthaya janma-labhah parah pumsam ante narayana-smritih' (SB 2.1.6).

Departure by piercing the crown, raising the breath through six stations

navel -> heart -> chest -> root of the palate (SB 2.2.20), then between the brows; the seven gates closed, standing half a muhurta, 'nirbhidya murdhan visrijet param gatah' (SB 2.2.21).

Women, shudras, Hunas, Shabaras and even animals cross the divine maya

'te vai vidanty atitaranti ca deva-mayam stri-shudra-huna-shabara api papa-jivah... tiryag-jana api' (SB 2.7.46) — the sole condition is taking up the conduct and teaching of those devoted to Him.

Abiding in one's own nature, having abandoned the form that is otherwise

'muktir hitvanyatha-rupam svarupena vyavasthitih' (SB 2.10.6) — the Bhagavata's definition of liberation, which is not annihilation but establishment in one's own nature.