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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.56

त्वं तात नार्हसि च मां कृपणामनाथां त्यक्तुं विचक्ष्व पितरं तव शोकतप्तम् । अञ्जस्तरेम भवताप्रजदुस्तरं यद् ध्वान्तं न याह्यकरुणेन यमेन दूरम् ॥ ५६ ॥
tvaṁ tāta nārhasi ca māṁ kṛpaṇām anāthāṁ
[tvam taata naarhasi cha maam kripanaam anaathaam]
tyaktuṁ vicakṣva pitaraṁ tava śoka-taptam
[tyaktum vichakshva pitaram tava shoka-taptam]
añjas tarema bhavatāpraja-dustaraṁ yad
[anjas tarema bhavataapraja-dustaram yad]
dhvāntaṁ na yāhy akaruṇena yamena dūram
[dhvaantam na yaahy akarunena yamena dooram]
Word-for-word
tvam — you tāta — my dear son na — not arhasi — ought ca — and mām — me kṛpaṇām — very poor anāthām — without a protector tyaktum — to give up vicakṣva — look pitaram — at the father tava — your śoka-taptam — affected by so much lamentation añjaḥ — easily tarema — we can cross bhavatā — by you apraja-dustaram — very difficult to cross for one without a son yat — which dhvāntam — the kingdom of darkness na yāhi — do not go away akaruṇena — merciless yamena — with Yamarāja dūram — any further.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tvaṁ tāta nārhasi ca māṁ kṛpaṇām anāthāṁ
tvam
you
tāta
my dear son
na
not
arhasi
ought
ca
and
mām
me
kṛpaṇām
very poor
anāthām
without a protector
tyaktuṁ vicakṣva pitaraṁ tava śoka-taptam
tyaktum
to give up
vicakṣva
look
pitaram
at the father
tava
your
śoka-taptam
affected by so much lamentation
añjas tarema bhavatāpraja-dustaraṁ yad
añjaḥ
easily
tarema
we can cross
bhavatā
by you
apraja-dustaram
very difficult to cross for one without a son
yat
which
dhvāntaṁ na yāhy akaruṇena yamena dūram
dhvāntam
the kingdom of darkness
na yāhi
do not go away
akaruṇena
merciless
yamena
with Yamarāja
dūram
any further.
My dear son, I am helpless and very much aggrieved. You should not give up my company. Just look at your lamenting father. We are helpless because without a son we shall have to suffer the distress of going to the darkest hellish regions. You are the only hope by which we can get out of these dark regions. Therefore I request you not to go any further with the merciless Yama.
Purport

According to the Vedic injunctions, one must accept a wife just to beget a son who can deliver one from the clutches of Yamarāja. Unless one has a son to offer oblations to the pitās, or forefathers, one must suffer in Yamarāja’s kingdom. King Citraketu was very much aggrieved, thinking that because his son was going away with Yamarāja he himself would again suffer. The subtle laws exist for the karmīs; if one becomes a devotee, he has no more obligations to the laws of karma.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
My dear son! You should not give up my company since I am helpless and miserable. Just look at your lamenting father. By you, we could easily cross over dark, hellish existence, which cannot be crossed without a son. Do not go far off with merciless Yamarāja! The mother thought, “Why am I gossiping with the foolish Lord? Why do I not think of the benefit of my son?” O son! By you could cross the hell which is dark and difficult to cross over. “But Yamarāja is taking me to his city. What can I do?” Do not go with merciless Yamarāja.
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Personal Guidance
My son, do not give up our company — look at your father lament; we will suffer the darkness of being sonless. Grief speaks to the deceased as if they still listen.
Reflection Questions
  • Have I dismissed grief's address-to-the-dead as irrational?
  • Could the relationship survive the body's stopping?
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