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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.28.46

यदा नोपलभेताङ्‌घ्रावूष्माणं पत्युरर्चती । आसीत्संविग्नहृदया यूथभ्रष्टा मृगी यथा ॥ ४६ ॥
yadā nopalabhetāṅghrāv
[yadaa nopalabhetaanghraav]
ūṣmāṇaṁ patyur arcatī
[ooshmaanam patyur archatee]
āsīt saṁvigna-hṛdayā
[aaseet samvigna-hridayaa]
yūtha-bhraṣṭā mṛgī yathā
[yootha-bhrashtaa mrigee yathaa]
Word-for-word
yadā — when na — not upalabheta — could feel aṅghrau — in the feet ūṣmāṇam — heat patyuḥ — of her husband arcatī — while serving āsīt — she became saṁvigna — anxious hṛdayā — at heart yūtha-bhraṣṭā — bereft of her husband mṛgī — the she-deer yathā — as.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yadā nopalabhetāṅghrāv
yadā
when
ūṣmāṇaṁ patyur arcatī
na
not
upalabheta
could feel
aṅghrau
in the feet
ūṣmāṇam
heat
patyuḥ
of her husband
arcatī
while serving
āsīt saṁvigna-hṛdayā
āsīt
she became
saṁvigna
anxious
hṛdayā
at heart
yūtha-bhraṣṭā mṛgī yathā
yūtha-bhraṣṭā
bereft of her husband
mṛgī
the she-deer
yathā
as.
While she was serving her husband by massaging his legs, she could feel that his feet were no longer warm and could thus understand that he had already passed from the body. She felt great anxiety upon being left alone. Bereft of her husband’s company, she felt exactly as the deer feels upon being separated from its mate.
Purport

As soon as the circulation of blood and air within the body stops, it is to be understood that the soul within the body has left. The stoppage of the blood’s circulation is perceived when the hands and feet lose heat. One tests whether a body is alive or not by feeling the heart’s palpitations and the coldness of the feet and hands.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When she could not feet warmth in her husband’s feet as she served him, she became disturbed in heart like a doe bereft of her partner. Serving him (arcatī), she could not feet warmth. The verb should be nopālabheta.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Massaging his legs, she felt his feet cold; recognized he was gone; felt like a deer separated from its mate. The detection point is bodily; the lament that follows is appropriate; both are part of the practice.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose passing did I detect through a small bodily signal, and how did I honor that moment?
  • Where do I avoid the bodily reality of loss, missing the doorway it opens?
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