CC Antya 11.96 (1975)
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 96
- icchā-mātre kailā nija-prāṇa niṣkrāmaṇa
- pūrve yena śuniyāchi bhīṣmera maraṇa
SYNONYMS
icchā-mātre—just by desire; kailā—performed; nija-prāṇa—of his life; niṣkrāmaṇa—going away; pūrve—formerly; yena—as; śuniyāchi—we have heard; bhīṣmera maraṇa—the death of Bhīṣmadeva.
TRANSLATION
“Simply by his will, Haridāsa Ṭhākura could give up his life and go away, exactly like Bhīṣma, who previously died simply by his own desire, as we have heard from śāstra.