SB 6.10.3 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.10.3

अपि वृन्दारका यूयं न जानीथ शरीरिणाम् । संस्थायां यस्त्वभिद्रोहो दु:सहश्चेतनापह: ॥ ३ ॥

api vṛndārakā yūyaṁ

[api vrindaarakaa yooyam]

na jānītha śarīriṇām

[na jaaneetha shareerinaam]

saṁsthāyāṁ yas tv abhidroho

[samsthaayaam yas tv abhidroho]

duḥsahaś cetanāpahaḥ

[duhsahash chetanaapahah]

Word-for-word

api — although vṛndārakāḥ — O demigods yūyam — all of you na jānītha — do not know śarīriṇām — of those who have material bodies saṁsthāyām — at the time of death, or while quitting this body yaḥ — which tu — then abhidrohaḥ — severe pain duḥsahaḥ — unbearable cetana — the consciousness apahaḥ — which takes away.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

api vṛndārakā yūyaṁ

api

although

vṛndārakāḥ

O demigods

yūyam

all of you

na jānītha śarīriṇām

na jānītha

do not know

śarīriṇām

of those who have material bodies

saṁsthāyāṁ yas tv abhidroho

saṁsthāyām

at the time of death, or while quitting this body

yaḥ

which

then

abhidrohaḥ

severe pain

duḥsahaś cetanāpahaḥ

duḥsahaḥ

unbearable

cetana

the consciousness

apahaḥ

which takes away.

O elevated demigods, at the time of death, severe, unbearable pain takes away the consciousness of all living entities who have accepted material bodies. Don’t you know about this pain?

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

O devatās! You do not know that, at the time of death, there is severe, unbearable pain which takes away the consciousness of all living entities. Saṁsthāyām means “at death.”

Personal Guidance

At death, severe unbearable pain takes away consciousness — don't you know this? Dadhīci tests whether the demigods grasp what they are asking him to undergo.

Reflection Questions

Do I appreciate the pain of what I have been asking of others?
Whose request of me am I underestimating the cost of?

📝 My note

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