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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.9-10

सुभद्रा द्रौपदी कुन्ती विराटतनया तथा । गान्धारी धृतराष्ट्रश्च युयुत्सुर्गौतमो यमौ ॥ ९ ॥ वृकोदरश्च धौम्यश्च स्त्रियो मत्स्यसुतादय: । न सेहिरे विमुह्यन्तो विरहं शार्ङ्गधन्वन: ॥ १० ॥
subhadrā draupadī kuntī
[subhadraa draupadee kuntee]
virāṭa-tanayā tathā
[viraata-tanayaa tathaa]
gāndhārī dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca
[gaandhaaree dhritaraashtrash cha]
yuyutsur gautamo yamau
[yuyutsur gautamo yamau]
vṛkodaraś ca dhaumyaś ca
[vrikodarash cha dhaumyash cha]
striyo matsya-sutādayaḥ
[striyo matsya-sutaadayah]
na sehire vimuhyanto
[na sehire vimuhyanto]
virahaṁ śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ
[viraham shaarnga-dhanvanah]
subhadrā — the sister of Kṛṣṇa draupadī — the wife of the Pāṇḍavas kuntī — the mother of the Pāṇḍavas virāṭa-tanayā — the daughter of Virāṭa (Uttarā) tathā — also gāndhārī — the mother of Duryodhana dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ — the father of Duryodhana ca — and yuyutsuḥ — the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra by his vaiśya wife gautamaḥ — Kṛpācārya yamau — the twin brothers Nakula and Sahadeva vṛkodaraḥ — Bhīma ca — and dhaumyaḥ — Dhaumya ca — and striyaḥ — also other ladies of the palace matsya-sutā-ādayaḥ — the daughter of a fisherman (Satyavatī, Bhīṣma’s stepmother) na — could not sehire — tolerate vimuhyantaḥ — almost fainting viraham — separation śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ — of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who bears a conch in His hand.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
subhadrā draupadī kuntī
subhadrā
the sister of Kṛṣṇa
draupadī
the wife of the Pāṇḍavas
kuntī
the mother of the Pāṇḍavas
virāṭa-tanayā tathā
virāṭa-tanayā
the daughter of Virāṭa (Uttarā)
tathā
also
gāndhārī dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca
gāndhārī
the mother of Duryodhana
dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ
the father of Duryodhana
ca
and
yuyutsur gautamo yamau
yuyutsuḥ
the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra by his vaiśya wife
gautamaḥ
Kṛpācārya
yamau
the twin brothers Nakula and Sahadeva
vṛkodaraś ca dhaumyaś ca
vṛkodaraḥ
Bhīma
ca
and
dhaumyaḥ
Dhaumya
ca
and
striyo matsya-sutādayaḥ
striyaḥ
also other ladies of the palace
matsya-sutā-ādayaḥ
the daughter of a fisherman (Satyavatī, Bhīṣma’s stepmother)
na sehire vimuhyanto
na
could not
sehire
tolerate
vimuhyantaḥ
almost fainting
virahaṁ śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ
viraham
separation
śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ
of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who bears a conch in His hand.
At that time Subhadrā, Draupadī, Kuntī, Uttarā, Gāndhārī, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Yuyutsu, Kṛpācārya, Nakula, Sahadeva, Bhīmasena, Dhaumya and Satyavatī all nearly fainted because it was impossible for them to bear separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is so attractive for the living beings, especially for the devotees, that it is impossible for them to tolerate separation. The conditioned soul under the spell of illusory energy forgets the Lord, otherwise he cannot. The feeling of such separation cannot be described, but it can simply be imagined by devotees only. After His separation from Vṛndāvana and the innocent rural cowherd boys, girls, ladies and others, they all felt shock throughout their lives, and the separation of Rādhārāṇī, the most beloved cowherd girl, is beyond expression. Once they met at Kurukṣetra during a solar eclipse, and the feeling which was expressed by them is heartrending. There is, of course, a difference in the qualities of the transcendental devotees of the Lord, but none of them who have ever contacted the Lord by direct communion or otherwise can leave Him for a moment. That is the attitude of the pure devotee.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Subhadrā, Draupadī, Kuntī, Uttarā, Gāndhārī, Dhṛtarāṣtṛa, Yuyutsu, Kṛpācārya, Nakula, Sahadeva, Bhīma, Dhaumya, Satyavatī and other women, falling into confusion, could not bear separation from Kṛṣṇa
Commentary

Yuyutsu was Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son by a vaiśya wife. Gautama is Kṛpa. Matsya-sutā refers to Uttarā. Her name is repeated because of the confusion arising on thinking of how her embryo was saved by Kṛṣṇa. Or it can refer to Satyavatī.

Subhadrā, Draupadī, Kuntī, Uttarā, Gāndhārī, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Kṛpa, Nakula, Sahadeva, Bhīma, Dhaumya — all nearly fainted; separation from Kṛṣṇa was unbearable. Real love makes separation a physical weight.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose departure from my life have I felt like a physical weight?
  • What might it mean that the Lord's absence registers in the body?
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