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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.31.18

देवकी रोहिणी चैव वसुदेवस्तथा सुतौ । कृष्णरामावपश्यन्त: शोकार्ता विजहु: स्मृतिम् ॥ १८ ॥
devakī rohiṇī caiva
[devakee rohinee chaiva]
vasudevas tathā sutau
[vasudevas tathaa sutau]
kṛṣṇa-rāmāv apaśyantaḥ
[krishna-raamaav apashyantah]
śokārtā vijahuḥ smṛtim
[shokaartaa vijahuh smritim]
devakī — Devakī rohiṇī — Rohiṇī ca — also eva — indeed vasudevaḥ — Vasudeva tathā — as well sutau — their two sons kṛṣṇa-rāmau — Kṛṣṇa and Rāma apaśyantaḥ — not seeing śoka-ārtāḥ — feeling the pain of lamentation vijahuḥ — they lost smṛtim — their consciousness.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
devakī rohiṇī caiva
devakī
Devakī
rohiṇī
Rohiṇī
ca
also
vasudevas tathā sutau
eva
indeed
kṛṣṇa-rāmāv apaśyantaḥ
vasudevaḥ
Vasudeva
tathā
as well
sutau
their two sons
kṛṣṇa-rāmau
Kṛṣṇa and Rāma
apaśyantaḥ
not seeing
śokārtā vijahuḥ smṛtim
śoka-ārtāḥ
feeling the pain of lamentation
vijahuḥ
they lost
smṛtim
their consciousness.
When Devakī, Rohiṇī and Vasudeva could not find their sons, Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, they lost consciousness out of anguish.

According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, the original Devakī, Rohiṇī and other ladies of Dvārakā actually remained in Dvārakā, invisible to the eyes of the material world, whereas the demigods who represented partial aspects of Devakī, Rohiṇī and so on went to Prabhāsa to see their dead relatives.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When Devakī, Rohiṇī and Vasudeva could not find their sons, Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, they lost consciousness out of pain caused by their sorrow.
Devakī, Rohiṇī, and Vasudeva, not finding Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, lost consciousness from anguish. Even the Lord's parents collapse.
Reflection Questions
  • What in me anticipates and dreads the loss of the Lord's tangible presence?
  • What might steady me?
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