SB 1.9.31 (1964)

SB (1964) Ninth Chapter - Bhisma's Passing away in the Presence of Lord Krishna

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT No. 31

Bisudahaya dharanaya hatasubhas Tad ikshaya eva asu gatayudha sramah Nibritta sarvendriya vritti bibhrama Stustava janyam visrijan janardam.

ENGLISH SYNONYMS

Bisuddhaya—by the purified, Dharanaya—meditation, Hatasuhha—one who had minimised the inauspicities of material existence, Tad—His, Ikshaya—by looking on, Eva—simply by, Asu—immediately, Gata—having gone away, Audha—arrows, Shramah—fatigueness, Nibritta—being stopped, Sarva—all, Indriya—senses, Vrittaya—activities, Bibhrama—being widely engaged, Stutava—prayed for, Janyam—the material tabernacle, Visrijan—while quitting off, Janardanam—the Controller of the living beings.

TRANSLATION

By such purified meditation, at once he got free from all material inauspicities, by the very looking on the Lord Sri Krishna, all his bodily pains due to the wounds by arrows. Thus all the external activities of his senses were at once stopped and he prayed transcendentally for the controller of all living beings while quitting off his material body.

PURPORT

The material body is a gift of the material energy technically called illusion. Because identification of the material body is due to forgetfulness of our eternal relation with the Lord. For a pure devotee of the Lord like Bhismadeva this illusion was at once removed as soon as the Lord arrived there along with Yudhisthir. Lord Krishna is like the sun and the illusory external material energy is like darkness. In the presence of the sun there is no possibility of darkness standing. Therefore, just on the arrival of Lord Krishna before Bhismadeva all his material inauspicities were completely removed and Bhismadeva was thus enabled to be transcendentally situated by stopping the activities of the impure senses in collaboration with matter. The soul is originally pure and so also the senses. By material contamination the senses asume the role of imperfectness and impuritiy. By revival of contact with Supreme Pure Lord Krishna, the senses again become freed from material contaminations. Bhismadeva attained all these transcendental conditions prior to his leaving the material body on account of presence of the Lord. The Lord is the controller and benefactor of all living beings. That is the verdict of all Vedas. He is the Supreme Eternity and living Entity amongst all the eternal living beings.* And He alone provides all necessities of all grades of all living beings. As such He provided all facilities for fulfilling the transcendental desires of His great devotee Sri Bhismadeva and thus the latter began to pray as follows:

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