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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.89.25

एवं द्वितीयं विप्रर्षिस्तृतीयं त्वेवमेव च । विसृज्य स नृपद्वारि तां गाथां समगायत ॥ २५ ॥
evaṁ dvitīyaṁ viprarṣis
[evam dviteeyam viprarshis]
tṛtīyaṁ tv evam eva ca
[triteeyam tv evam eva cha]
visṛjya sa nṛpa-dvāri
[visrijya sa nripa-dvaari]
tāṁ gāthāṁ samagāyata
[taam gaathaam samagaayata]
Word-for-word
evam — in the same manner dvitīyam — a second time vipra - ṛṣiḥ — the wise brāhmaṇa tṛtīyam — a third time tu — and evam eva ca — just the same way visṛjya — leaving (his dead son) saḥ — he nṛpa - dvāri — at the King’s door tām — the same gāthām — song samagāyata — he sang .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ dvitīyaṁ viprarṣis
evam
in the same manner
dvitīyam
a second time
vipra - ṛṣiḥ
the wise brāhmaṇa
tṛtīyaṁ tv evam eva ca
tṛtīyam
a third time
tu
and
evam eva ca
just the same way
visṛjya sa nṛpa-dvāri
visṛjya
leaving (his dead son)
saḥ
he
nṛpa - dvāri
at the King’s door
tāṁ gāthāṁ samagāyata
tām
the same
gāthām
song
samagāyata
he sang .
Important Words
  • vipra-ṛṣiḥ — the brāhmaṇa-sage
    Compound: vipra (brāhmaṇa) + ṛṣi (seer). Not just a brāhmaṇa but a vipra-ṛṣi — a sage. The episode escalates: the loss is happening to one of the highest dharma-classes, in the very capital of Bhagavān.
  • visṛjya — having released, having left
    Gerund of vi + √sṛj (to send forth). The corpse is 'released' at the king's gate. Gauḍīyas note the precision: not 'thrown,' not 'dumped' — visṛjya, a deliberate ritual placement.
  • gāthām — the song, the lament
    From √gai (to sing). The lament has become a fixed composition — repeated verbatim. This narrative detail will matter: by the ninth iteration, the gāthā is part of the public record of Dvārakā.
The wise brāhmaṇa suffered the same tragedy with his second and third child. Each time, he left the body of his dead son at the King’s door and sang the same song of lamentation.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The wise brāhmaṇa suffered the same tragedy with his second and third child. Each time, he left the body of his dead son at the King's door and sang the same song of lamentation.
Commentary

The brahmana loudly declared such words (tam gatham) as "You are a hater of brahmanas" when the second and third sons died.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The word ca indicates that were a total of nine deaths. Since he was a sage among brāhmaṇas, he was faultless, fully qualified. The brāhmaṇa made the same statement: that the king hated brāhmaṇas, since he took pleasure in violence etc.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The word ca indicates that were a total of nine deaths. Since he was a sage among brāhmaṇas, he was faultless concering the death of his sons. These children also died just after being born. Thus their death was the king’s fault.

Related values & verses
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
The same tragedy repeats with second and third sons. Repeated grief is its own form of agony — life does not always alternate good and bad fairly.
Reflection Questions
  • What grief of mine has come more than once, and how have I held that repetition?
  • Where do I need to be honest that life is sometimes unfair without losing faith?
Analogy

The brāhmaṇa returns again and again — second, third, ninth corpses — and sings the same gāthā at the same gate. Repetition does not change the kingdom's response; it changes the listener. Arjuna is in the audience, and the ninth iteration will finally pull him in.

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