Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.10.24
ततो निष्क्रम्य लङ्काया यातुधान्य: सहस्रश: ।
मन्दोदर्या समं तत्र प्ररुदन्त्य उपाद्रवन् ॥ २४ ॥
tato niṣkramya laṅkāyā
[tato nishkramya lankaayaa]
yātudhānyaḥ sahasraśaḥ
[yaatudhaanyah sahasrashah]
mandodaryā samaṁ tatra
[mandodaryaa samam tatra]
prarudantya upādravan
[prarudantya upaadravan]
Word-for-word
tataḥ
—
thereafter
niṣkramya
—
coming out
laṅkāyāḥ
—
from Laṅkā
yātudhānyaḥ
—
the wives of the Rākṣasas
sahasraśaḥ
—
by thousands and thousands
mandodaryā
—
headed by Mandodarī, the wife of Rāvaṇa
samam
—
with
tatra
—
there
prarudantyaḥ
—
crying in lamentation
upādravan
—
came near (their dead husbands).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tato niṣkramya laṅkāyā
tataḥ
thereafter
niṣkramya
coming out
laṅkāyāḥ
from Laṅkā
yātudhānyaḥ sahasraśaḥ
yātudhānyaḥ
the wives of the Rākṣasas
sahasraśaḥ
by thousands and thousands
mandodaryā samaṁ tatra
mandodaryā
headed by Mandodarī, the wife of Rāvaṇa
samam
with
tatra
there
prarudantya upādravan
prarudantyaḥ
crying in lamentation
upādravan
came near (their dead husbands).
Thereafter, all the women whose husbands had fallen in the battle, headed by Mandodarī, the wife of Rāvaṇa, came out of Laṅkā. Continuously crying, they approached the dead bodies of Rāvaṇa and the other Rākṣasas.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Thereafter, thousands of women whose husbands had fallen in the battle, headed by Mandodarī, the wife of Rāvaṇa, came out of Laṅkā. Continuously crying, they approached the dead bodies of Rāvaṇa and the other Rākṣasas.
Mandodarī was the wife of Rāvaṇa.
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Personal Guidance
Mandodarī and the widows of Laṅkā come out together to weep over their husbands. The fall of a wicked patriarch leaves real grief in its wake — being on the wrong side hurts those we love, not only ourselves.
Reflection Questions
- Whose grief will be the cost of my wrong choices if I do not change course?
- Where am I dragging my loved ones along on a path that is going to fail them?
My note
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