SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 1

(1) Sûta said: "In fear because of having killed, went Yudhishthhira thereafter, for the sake of the full knowledge of the religious duty, to the battlefield, where he found the dying Bhîshmadeva lying down. (2) Drawn by the best horses decorated with golden ornaments, followed all the brothers him there, accompanied by Vyâsa, Dhaumya [the priest of the Pândavas] and other rishis. (3) The Supreme Lord also followed him with Arjuna on the chariot, o sages among the learned, and thus appearing very aristocratic he was like Kuvera [the treasurer of the demigods] and his companions. (4) Upon seeing Bhîshma lying on the ground like a demi-god fallen from heaven, bowed Yudhishthhira, together with his brothers and the Lord with the disc, Krishna, down before him. (5) There were present the rishis of goodness amongst the learned, together with the godly and the kings, just to see the chief of the descendants of King Bharata [the common ancestor]. (6-7) Parvata Muni, Nârada, Dhaumya, Lord Vyâsa, Brihadas'va, Bharadvâja and Paras'urâma were there with their disciples as also Vasishthha, Indrapramada, Trita, Gritsamada, Asita, Kakshîvân, Gautama, Atri and Kaus'ika as well as Sudars'ana. (8) O learned ones, also many other sages like S'ukadeva, the instrument of God, and other pure souls as Kas'yapa and Ângirasa arrived there accompanied by their disciples.

(9) Bhîshmadeva, the best amongst the Vasus, knowing well how to behave religiously according time and circumstances, welcomed all the great and powerful ones who had assembled there. (10) Knowing of His glories he also in worship welcomed Lord Krishna, the Lord of the Universe who, situated in the heart, manifests His form through His internal potency. (11) Seeing the sons of Pându sitting silently by his side, congratulated Bhîshma them warmheartedly. In ecstacy overtaken by feelings of love about the gathering, had he tears in his eyes. (12) He said: 'O how painful and unjust it has been for you good souls, sons of righteousness, to have had a life of suffering you never deserved under the protection of the learned, the religion and the Infallible One. (13) After the death of the great general Pându, Kuntî, my daughter in law, having young children, suffered a great deal and that continued because of what you all did, even after the boys had grown up. (14) All the unpleasant I think, is the inescapable effect of Time, because you, just as the whole world with its ruling demigods, fall under that control like the clouds carried by the wind. (15) How else could there be misfortune with the presence of Yudhishthhira, the son of the ruler of religion, Bhîma with his mighty club, Arjuna carrying his Gândîva and our well-wisher Lord Krishna? (16) No one knows what His intentions are, o King; even great philosophers engaged in exhaustive inquiries for sure are bewildered. (17) Therefore, I assure you, o best of the descendants of Bharata, that this was only due to His providence, His desire; 0 ruler - just take care of the helpless subjects 0 master. (18) He [Krishna] who inconceivably moves amongst the Vrishni family, is no one else but the Supreme Lord, the original, primordial, supreme enjoyer Nârâyana who bewilders each by His energies. (19) O King, it are Lord S'iva, the sage among the godly Nârada and the great Lord Kapila who have direct knowledge of the most confidential glories of His Lordship. (20) He is the same person you consider your maternal cousin, dearest friend, ardent well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor and charioteer. (21) He who is present in everyone's heart, who is equal to all, who from the Absolute never falsely identifies Himself, is in His consciousness of differentiating at each moment and in all He does, free from whatever predilection. (22) Yet, despite of His invariability with the devotees, see, o King, how Krishna directly, at the end of my life, cared to be present at my side. (23) Those yoga-adepts who in their words meditate devoutly on His holy name, singing His glories, will, upon abandoning the material conception of life, find release from the desire of their materially motivated actions. (24) May He, the God of the Gods, the Supreme Lord, in the line of my meditation on the four-handed one [Vishnu], await me with His cheerful smile, His eyes red like the morning sun and His decorated lotus face, the moment I leave this material body'."

(25) Sûta said: "Yudhishthhira hearing that from him who was lying down on a bed of arrows, asked him, with the rishis listening, about the diverse religious duties. (26) Bhîshma described to him the different stages of life and the vocations as determined by the qualities of the person next to the way how to deal systematically with both the symptoms of attachment and detachment. (27) He explained about the duties of charity, rulership and liberation by giving their divisions and gave the general outline of the duties of women and devotional service. (28) Knowing the truth, he described, o sages, the [four basic civil virtues of] religious dutifulness, the economy, the fulfillment of desires and the liberation, citing from the various known histories. (29) At the time when Bhîshma described the duties, the sun ran over the northern hemisphere which is the exact desired time preferred by the mystics for leaving this world [see B.G. 8: 24]. (30) Then Bhîshmadeva, the protector of thousands of sciences and arts, fell silent, and with a mind freed from all bondage fixed he his eyes opened wide upon the Original Person Lord S'rî Krishna, the Fourhanded One who was standing before him in yellow garments. (31) Simply looking at Him, the Annihilator of the Inauspicious, purified his meditation and disappeared his pain from the arrows instantly - and while he prayed before the material tabernacle ceased all the activities of his senses as he quit for the Controller of All Living Beings. (32) S'rî Bhîshmadeva said: 'Let me, being freed from desires, prepare my mind for the Supreme Lord, the Leader of the Devotees, the Great Self-contented One who in the realization of His transcendental joy at times takes pleasure in accepting this material world with its creation and destruction. (33) He is the most desirable from the high, low and middle worlds, bluish like a tamâla tree, wears His dress shining like the golden rays of the sun, has a body decorated with sandalwood pulp and a face like a lotus - may my love free from material motives repose in the friend of Arjuna. (34) Let the mind be directed towards S'rî Krishna who, with His scattered hair on the battlefield turned ashen from the dust of the hoofs, His face decorated with perspiration and His skin pierced by my sharp arrows, with His protecting armor took pleasure in all of it. (35) After hearing the command of His friend He drove His chariot between the opposing forces, where positioned He diminished the lifespan of the enemy by simply looking at them - let there be my love for that friend of Arjuna. (36) With the soldiers looking from a distance, He with His transcendental knowledge eradicated the ignorance of him who, from a polluted intelligence, was reluctant to kill his kinsmen - let there be the transcendence of my attraction for His feet.

Sûta said: "In fear because of having killed, went Yudhishthhira thereafter, for the sake of the full knowledge of the religious duty, to the battlefield, where he found the dying Bhîshmadeva lying down.

Sûta Gosvâmî said: Being afraid for having killed so many subjects on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra, Mahârâja Yudhishthhira went to the scene of the massacre. There Bhîshmadeva was lying on a bed of arrows, about to pass away. (Vedabase)

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Drawn by the best horses decorated with golden ornaments, followed all the brothers him there, accompanied by Vyâsa, Dhaumya [the priest of the Pândavas] and other rishis.

At that time all his brothers followed him on beautiful chariots drawn by first class horses decorated with gold ornaments. With them were Vyâsa and rishis like Dhaumya [the learned priest of the Pândavas] and others. (Vedabase)

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The Supreme Lord also followed him with Arjuna on the chariot, o sages among the learned, and thus appearing very aristocratic he was like Kuvera [the treasurer of the demigods] and his companions.

O sage amongst the brâhmanas, Lord S'rî Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, also followed seated on a chariot with Arjuna. Thus King Yudhishthhira appeared very aristocratic, like Kuvera surrounded by his companions. (Vedabase)

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Upon seeing Bhîshma lying on the ground like a demi-god fallen from heaven, bowed Yudhishthhira, together with his brothers and the Lord with the disc, Krishna, down before him.

Seeing him [Bhîshma] lying on the ground, like a demigod fallen from the sky, the Pândava King Yudhishthhira, along with his younger brothers and Lord Krishna, bowed down before him. (Vedabase)

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There were present the rishis of goodness amongst the learned, together with the godly and the kings, just to see the chief of the descendants of King Bharata [the common ancestor].

Just to see the chief of the descendants of King Bharata [Bhîshma], all the great souls in the universe, namely the rishis amongst the demigods, brâhmanas and kings, all situated in the quality of goodness, were assembled there. (Vedabase)

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Parvata Muni, Nârada, Dhaumya, Lord Vyâsa, Brihadas'va, Bharadvâja and Paras'urâma were there with their disciples as also Vasishthha, Indrapramada, Trita, Gritsamada, Asita, Kakshîvân, Gautama, Atri and Kaus'ika as well as Sudars'ana.

All the sages like Parvata Muni, Nârada, Dhaumya, Vyâsa the incarnation of God, Brihadas'va, Bharadvâja, and Paras'urâma and disciples, Vasishthha, Indrapramada, Trita, Gritsamada, Asita, Kakshîvân, Gautama, Atri, Kaus'ika and Sudars'ana were present. (Vedabase)

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O learned ones, also many other sages like S'ukadeva, the instrument of God, and other pure souls as Kas'yapa and Ângirasa arrived there accompanied by their disciples.

And many others like S'ukadeva Gosvâmî and other purified souls, Kas'yapa and Ângirasa and others, all accompanied by their respective disciples arrived there. (Vedabase)

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Bhîshmadeva, the best amongst the Vasus, knowing well how to behave religiously according time and circumstances, welcomed all the great and powerful ones who had assembled there.

Bhîshmadeva who was the best amongst the eight Vasus, received and welcomed all the great and powerful rishis who were assembled there, for he knew perfectly all the religious principles according o time and place. (Vedabase)

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Knowing of His glories he also in worship welcomed Lord Krishna, the Lord of the Universe who, situated in the heart, manifests His form through His internal potency.

Lord S'rî Krishna is situated in everyone's heart, yet He manifests His transcendental form by His internal potency. This very Lord was sitting before Bhîshmadeva, and since Bhîshmadeva knew of His glories, he worshiped Him duly. (Vedabase)

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Seeing the sons of Pându sitting silently by his side, congratulated Bhîshma them warmheartedly. In ecstacy overtaken by feelings of love about the gathering, had he tears in his eyes.

The sons of Mahârâja Pându were sitting silently nearby, overtaken with affection for their dying grandfather. Seeing this Bhîshmadeva congratulated them with feeling. There were tears of ecstasy in his eyes, for he was overwhelmed with love and affection. (Vedabase)

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He said: 'O how painful and unjust it has been for you good souls, sons of righteousness, to have had a life of suffering you never deserved under the protection of the learned, the religion and the Infallible One.

Bhîshmadeva said: Oh, what terrible sufferings and what terrible injustices you good souls suffer for being the sons of religion personified. You did not deserve to remain alive under those tribulations, yet you were protected by the brâhmanas, God and religion. (Vedabase)

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After the death of the great general Pându, Kuntî, my daughter in law, having young children, suffered a great deal and that continued because of what you all did, even after the boys had grown up.

As far as my daughter in law Kuntî is concerned, upon the great general Pându's death, she became a widow with many children, and therefore she suffered greatly. And when you were grown up she suffered a great deal also because of your actions. (Vedabase)

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All the unpleasant I think, is the inescapable effect of Time, because you, just as the whole world with its ruling demigods, fall under that control like the clouds carried by the wind.

In my opinion this is all due to inevitable time, under whose control everyone in every planet is carried, just as the clouds are carried by the wind. (Vedabase)

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How else could there be misfortune with the presence of Yudhishthhira, the son of the ruler of religion, Bhîma with his mighty club, Arjuna carrying his Gândîva and our well-wisher Lord Krishna?

O how wonderful is the influence of inevitable time. It is irreversible - otherwise, how can there be reverses in the presence of King Yudhishthhira, the son of the demigod controlling religion; Bhîma, the great fighter with a club; the great bowman Arjuna with his mighty weapon Gândîva; and above all the Lord, the direct well-wisher priest of the Pândavas? (Vedabase)

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No one knows what His intentions are, o King; even great philosophers engaged in exhaustive inquiries for sure are bewildered.

O king, no one can know the plan of the Lord [S'rî Krishna]. Even though great philosophers inquire exhaustively, they are bewildered. (Vedabase)

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Therefore, I assure you, o best of the descendants of Bharata, that this was only due to His providence, His desire; o ruler, just take care of the helpless subjects o master.

O best among the descendants of Bharata [Yudhishthhira], I maintain, therefore that all this is within the plan of the Lord. Accepting the inconceivable plan of the Lord, you must follow it. You are now the appointed administrative head, and my lord, you should now take care of those subjects who are rendered helpless. (Vedabase)

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He [Krishna] who inconceivably moves amongst the Vrishni family, is no one else but the Supreme Lord, the original, primordial, supreme enjoyer Nârâyana who bewilders each by His energies.

This S'rî Krishna is no other than the inconceivable, original Personality of Godhead. He is the first Nârâyana, the supreme enjoyer. But He is moving amongst the descendants of King Vrishni just like one of us and he is bewildering us with His selfcreated energy. (Vedabase)

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O King, it are Lord S'iva, the sage among the godly Nârada and the great Lord Kapila who have direct knowledge of the most confidential glories of His Lordship.

O king, Lord S'iva, Nârada the sage amongst the demigods, and Kapila, the incarnation of Godhead, all know very confidentially about His glories through direct contact. (Vedabase)

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He is the same person you consider your maternal cousin, dearest friend, ardent well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor and charioteer.

O king, that personality whom, out of ignorance only, you thought to be your maternal cousin, your very dear friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor etc., is that very Personality of Godhead S'rî Krishna. (Vedabase)

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He who is present in everyone's heart, who is equal to all, who from the Absolute never falsely identifies Himself, is in His consciousness of differentiating at each moment and in all He does, free from whatever predilection.

Being the Absolute Personality of Godhead, He is present in everyone's heart. He is equally kind to everyone, and He is free from the false ego of differentiation. Therefore whatever He does is free from material inebriety. He is equibalanced. (Vedabase)

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Yet, despite of His invariability with the devotees, see, o King, how Krishna directly, at the end of my life, cared to be present at my side.

Yet despite His being equally kind to everyone, He has graciously come before me while I am ending my life, for I am his unflinching servitor. (Vedabase)

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Those yoga-adepts who in their words meditate devoutly on His holy name, singing His glories, will, upon abandoning the material conception of life, find release from the desire of their materially motivated actions.

The Personality of Godhead, who appears in the mind of the devotee by attentive devotion and meditation and by chanting of the holy name, releases the devotee from the bondage of fruitive activities at the time of his quitting the material body. (Vedabase)

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May He, the God of the Gods, the Supreme Lord, in the line of my meditation on the four-handed one [Vishnu], await me with His cheerful smile, His eyes red like the morning sun and His decorated lotus face, the moment I leave this material body'."

May my Lord, who is fourhanded and whose beautifully decorated lotusface, with eyes as red as the rising sun, is smiling, kindly await me at that moment when I quit this material body. (Vedabase)

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Sûta said: "Yudhishthhira hearing that from him who was lying down on a bed of arrows, asked him, with the rishis listening, about the diverse religious duties.

Sûta Gosvâmî said: Mahârâja Yudhishthhira, after hearing Bhîshmadeva speak in that appealing tone, asked him in the presence of the great rishis, about the essential principles of various religious duties. (Vedabase)

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Bhîshma described to him the different stages of life and the vocations as determined by the qualities of the person next to the way how to deal systematically with both the symptoms of attachment and detachment.

At Mahârâja's Yudhishthhira's inquiry, Bhîshmadeva first defined all the classifications of castes and order of life in terms of the individuals qualifications. Then he systematically, in twofold divisions, described counteraction by detachment and interaction by attachment. (Vedabase)

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He explained about the duties of charity, rulership and liberation by giving their divisions and gave the general outline of the duties of women and devotional service.

He then explained, by divisions, acts of charity, the pragmatic activities of a king and activities for salvation. Then he described the duties of women and devotees, both briefly and extensively. (Vedabase)

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Knowing the truth, he described, o sages, the [four basic civil virtues of] religious dutifulness, the economy, the fulfillment of desires and the liberation, citing from the various known histories.

Then he described the occupational duties of different orders and statuses of life, citing instances from history, for he was himself well acquainted with the truth. (Vedabase)

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At the time when Bhîshma described the duties, the sun ran over the northern hemisphere which is the exact desired time preferred by the mystics for leaving this world [see B.G. 8: 24].

While Bhîshmadeva was describing occupational duties, the sun's course ran into the northern hemisphere. This period is described by mystics who die at their will. (Vedabase)

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Then Bhîshmadeva, the protector of thousands of sciences and arts, fell silent, and with a mind freed from all bondage fixed he his eyes opened wide upon the Original Person Lord S'rî Krishna, the Fourhanded One who was standing before him in yellow garments.

Thereupon that man who spoke on different subjects with thousands of meanings and who fought on thousands of battlefields and protected thousands of men, stopped speaking and, being completely freed from all bondage, withdrew his mind from everything else and fixed his wide-open eyes upon the original personality of Godhead, S'rî Krishna, who stood before him, fourhanded dressed in yellow garments that glittered and shined. (Vedabase)

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Simply looking at Him, the Annihilator of the Inauspicious, purified his meditation and disappeared his pain from the arrows instantly - and while he prayed before the material tabernacle ceased all the activities of his senses as he quit for the Controller of All Living Beings.

By pure meditation, looking at Lord S'rî Krishna, he at once was freed from all material inauspiciousness and was relieved of all bodily pains caused by the arrow wounds. Thus all the external activities of his senses at once stopped, and he prayed transcendentally to the controller of all living beings while quitting his material body. (Vedabase)

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S'rî Bhîshmadeva said: 'Let me, being freed from desires, prepare my mind for the Supreme Lord, the Leader of the Devotees, the Great Self-contented One who in the realization of His transcendental joy at times takes pleasure in accepting this material world with its creation and destruction.

Bhîshmadeva said: Let me now invest my thinking, feeling and willing, which were so long engaged in different subjects and occupational duties, in the all powerful Lord S'rî Krishna. He is always self-satisfied, but sometimes, being the leader of the devotees, He enjoys transcendental pleasure by descending on the material world, although from Him only the material world is created. (Vedabase)

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He is the most desirable from the high, low and middle worlds, bluish like a tamâla tree, wears His dress shining like the golden rays of the sun, has a body decorated with sandalwood pulp and a face like a lotus - may my love free from material motives repose in the friend of Arjuna.

S'rî Krishna is the intimate friend of Arjuna. He has appeared on this earth in His transcendental body, which resembles the bluish color of the Tamâla tree. His body attracts everyone in the three planetary systems [upper, middle and lower]. May His glittering yellow dress and His lotus face, covered with paintings of sandalwood pulp, be the object of my attention, and may I not desire fruitive results. (Vedabase)

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Let the mind be directed towards S'rî Krishna who, with His scattered hair on the battlefield turned ashen from the dust of the hoofs, His face decorated with perspiration and His skin pierced by my sharp arrows, with His protecting armor took pleasure in all of it.

On the battlefield [where S'rî Krishna attended Arjuna out of friendship], the flowing hair of Lord Krishna turned ashen due to the dust raised by the hoofs of the horses. And because of His labor, beads of sweat wetted his face. All these decorations, intensified by the wounds dealt by my sharp arrows, were enjoyed by Him. Let my mind thus go unto S'rî Krishna. (Vedabase)

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After hearing the command of His friend He drove His chariot between the opposing forces, where positioned He diminished the lifespan of the enemy by simply looking at them - let there be my love for that friend of Arjuna.

In obedience to the command of His friend, Lord S'rî Krishna entered the arena of the Battlefield of Kurukshetra between the soldiers of Arjuna and Duryodhana, and while there He shortened the life span of the opposite party by His merciful glance. This was done simply by His looking at the enemy. Let my mind be fixed upon that Krishna. (Vedabase)

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With the soldiers looking from a distance, He with His transcendental knowledge eradicated the ignorance of him who, from a polluted intelligence, was reluctant to kill his kinsmen - let there be the transcendence of my attraction for His feet.

When Arjuna was seemingly polluted by ignorance upon observing the soldiers and commanders before him on the battlefield, the Lord eradicated his ignorance by delivering transcendental knowledge. May His lotus feet always remain the object of my attraction. (Vedabase)

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Against His own word got He, to nullify my promise of factually being more of it [of violence], down from His chariot, took He up it's wheel, and paced He towards me like a lion about to kill an elephant, meanwhile dropping His outer garment.

Fulfilling my desire and sacrificing His own promise, He got down from the chariot, took up His wheel and ran towards me hurriedly, just as a lion goes to kill an elephant. He even dropped His outer garment on the way. (Vedabase)

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Wounded by the sharp arrows and without His shield, He, smeared with blood, in the angry mood of the great aggressor, began to move for the purpose of killing me - may that Supreme Lord who awards salvation become my destination.

May He, Lord S'rî Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, who awards salvation, be my ultimate destination. On the battlefield He charged me, as if angry because of the wounds dealt by my sharp arrows. His shield was scattered, and His body was smeared with blood due to the wounds. (Vedabase)

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Let me, at this hour of death, be of love for the Personality of Godhead who, controlling the horses with a whip in His right hand and the reins in the left, so elegant to behold by all means protected the chariot of Arjuna; it was by looking at Him that those who died in this world attained their original form.

At the moment of death, let my ultimate attraction be to S'rî Krishna, the Personality of Godhead. I concentrate my mind upon the chariot driver of Arjuna who stood with a whip in His right hand and a bridle rope in His left, who was very careful to give protection to Arjuna's chariot by all means. (Vedabase)

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Watching the attractive movements of His supremely spirited, fascinating acts and sweet smiles, found the gopîs of Vrajadhâma [the village of Krishna's youth] imitating Him in ecstasy, their original nature.

Let my mind be fixed upon Lord S'rî Krishna, whose motions and smiles attracted the damsels of Vrajadhâma [the gopîs]. The damsels imitated characteristic movements of the Lord [after His disappearance from the râsa dance].. (Vedabase)

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In a royal performance of sacrifice of King Yudhishthhira, where the great sages and kings were assembled, received He, with me personally present recognizing Him as my object of attraction, the respectful worship of all the members of the elite.

At the Râjasûja-yajña [sacrifice] performed by Mahârâja Yudhishthhira, there was the greatest assembly of all the elite men of the world, the royal and learned orders, and in that great assembly Lord S'rî Krishna was worshiped by one and all as the most exalted Personality of Godhead. This happened during my presence, and I remembered the incident in order to keep my mind upon the Lord. (Vedabase)

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Him, now present before me, do I, having experienced the absorption of being freed from the misconceptions of duality, know to be the Unborn One of the conditioned body. It is He who, though being One alike the sun, in His being situated as the Supersoul in the heart of all that are created by Him, is looked different upon from every angle."

Now I can meditate with full concentration upon that one Lord, S'rî Krishna, now present before me because now I have transcended the misconceptions of duality in regard to His presence in everyone's heart. The sun may be perceived differently, but the sun is one. (Vedabase)

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Sûta said: "With his mind, speech, sight and activities thus fixed on Krishna only, he fell silent and stopped breathing, having merged in the living being of the Supersoul."

Sûta Gosvâmî said: Thus Bhîshmadeva merged himself in the Supersoul, Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with his mind, speech, sight and actions, and thus he became silent, and His breathing stopped. (Vedabase)

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After hearing this all from Bhîshmadeva as he merged into the Supreme Absolute and Unlimited, everyone fell silent like birds at the end of the day.

Knowing that Bhîshmadeva had merged into the unlimited eternity of the Supreme Absolute, all present there became silent like birds at the end of the day. (Vedabase)

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Thereafter from everywhere sounded drums beaten by gods and men, with heartfelt praise from the pious royal order and showers of flowers falling from the sky.

Thereafter both man and demigods sounded drums in honor, and the honest royal order commenced demonstrations of honor and respect. And from the sky fell showers of flowers. (Vedabase)

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O descendants of Bhrigu [S'aunaka], after having performed the funeral rites for the dead body, was Yudhishthhira for a moment afflicted.

O descendants of Bhrigu [S'aunaka], after performing funeral rituals for the dead body of Bhîshmadeva, Mahârâja Yudhishthhira was momentarily overtaken with grief. (Vedabase)

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Then, the sages, satisfied and happy by the confidentiality of the glories of Lord Krishna, went back to their own hermitages with Him installed in their hearts.

All the great sages then glorified Lord S'rî Krishna, who was present there, by confidential vedic Hymns. Then all of them returned to their respective hermitages, bearing always Lord Krishna within their hearts. (Vedabase)

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King Yudhishthhira with Lord Krishna went to Hastinâpura to console his uncle [Dhritarâshthra] and ascetic aunt Ghândhârî.

Thereafter Mahârâja Yudhishthhira at once went to his capital, Hastinâpura, accompanied by Lord S'rî Krishna, and there he consoled his uncle and aunt Ghândhârî, who was an ascetic. (Vedabase)

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With the approval of his uncle and consent of Lord Vâsudeva he thereafter, to the greatness of his forefathers, executed the royal duties over the kingdom."

After this the great religious King, Mahârâja Yudhishthhira, executed the royal power in the kingdom strictly according to the codes and royal principles approved by his uncle and confirmed by Lord Krishna. (Vedabase)