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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.14.44

कच्चित् प्रेष्ठतमेनाथ हृदयेनात्मबन्धुना । शून्योऽस्मि रहितो नित्यं मन्यसे तेऽन्यथा न रुक् ॥ ४४ ॥
kaccit preṣṭhatamenātha
[kachchit preshthatamenaatha]
hṛdayenātma-bandhunā
[hridayenaatma-bandhunaa]
śūnyo ’smi rahito nityaṁ
[shoonyo ’smi rahito nityam]
manyase te ’nyathā na ruk
[manyase te ’nyathaa na ruk]
Word-for-word
kaccit — whether preṣṭha-tamena — unto the most dear one atha — my brother Arjuna hṛdayena — most intimate ātma-bandhunā — own friend Lord Kṛṣṇa śūnyaḥ — void asmi — I am rahitaḥ — having lost nityam — for all time manyase — you think te — your anyathā — otherwise na — never ruk — mental distress.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kaccit preṣṭhatamenātha
kaccit
whether
preṣṭha-tamena
unto the most dear one
atha
my brother Arjuna
hṛdayenātma-bandhunā
hṛdayena
most intimate
ātma-bandhunā
own friend Lord Kṛṣṇa
śūnyo ’smi rahito nityaṁ
śūnyaḥ
void
manyase te ’nyathā na ruk
asmi
I am
rahitaḥ
having lost
nityam
for all time
manyase
you think
te
your
anyathā
otherwise
na
never
ruk
mental distress.
Or is it that you are feeling empty for all time because you might have lost your most intimate friend, Lord Kṛṣṇa? O my brother Arjuna, I can think of no other reason for your becoming so dejected.
Purport

All the inquisitiveness of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira about the world situation was already conjectured by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira on the basis of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s disappearance from the vision of the world, and this was now disclosed by him because of the acute dejection of Arjuna, which could not have been possible otherwise. So even though he was doubtful about it, he was obliged to inquire frankly from Arjuna on the basis of Śrī Nārada’s indication.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the First Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Do you consider yourself empty in consciousness because of separation from your most dear friend? There can be no other reason for such devastation.
Commentary

But I should not have such doubts about you. Remembering the words of Nārada, the following is possible however. You think to yourself, “I am devoid of consciousness (hrḍayena), fainting, because of the absence of my dearest friend at all times.” That indeed can be the only cause. Otherwise you should not have affliction in your mind (ruk).

Chapter Fifteen The Pāṇḍavas Ascend to the Spiritual World

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Personal Guidance
Or is it that you feel empty because you have lost your most intimate friend, Lord Kṛṣṇa? I can think of no other reason. The deepest possible diagnosis — that the Lord is gone.
Reflection Questions
  • What emptiness in me might be due to a divine absence I haven't named?
  • Where could 'I have lost the Lord's presence' be the truest description?
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