SB 9.16.15 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.16.15

ते दु:खरोषामर्षार्तिशोकवेगविमोहिता: । हा तात साधो धर्मिष्ठ त्यक्त्वास्मान्स्वर्गतो भवान् ॥ १५ ॥

te duḥkha-roṣāmarṣārti-

[te duhkha-roshaamarshaarti-]

śoka-vega-vimohitāḥ

[shoka-vega-vimohitaah]

hā tāta sādho dharmiṣṭha

[haa taata saadho dharmishtha]

tyaktvāsmān svar-gato bhavān

[tyaktvaasmaan svar-gato bhavaan]

Word-for-word

te — all the sons of Jamadagni duḥkha — of grief roṣa — anger amarṣa — indignation ārti — affliction śoka — and lamentation vega — with the force vimohitāḥ — bewildered hā tāta — O father sādho — the great saint dharmiṣṭha — the most religious person tyaktvā — leaving asmān — us svaḥ-gataḥ — have gone to the heavenly planets bhavān — you.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

te duḥkha-roṣāmarṣārti-

all the sons of Jamadagni

duḥkha

of grief

roṣa

anger

amarṣa

indignation

ārti

affliction

śoka-vega-vimohitāḥ

śoka

and lamentation

vega

with the force

vimohitāḥ

bewildered

hā tāta sādho dharmiṣṭha

hā tāta

O father

sādho

the great saint

dharmiṣṭha

the most religious person

tyaktvāsmān svar-gato bhavān

tyaktvā

leaving

asmān

svaḥ-gataḥ

have gone to the heavenly planets

bhavān

you.

Virtually bewildered by grief, anger, indignation, affliction and lamentation, the sons of Jamadagni cried, “O father, most religious, saintly person, you have left us and gone to the heavenly planets!”

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Bewildered strongly by grief, anger, indignation, affliction and lamentation, the sons of Jamadagni cried, "O father, most religious, saintly person, you have left us and gone to Svarga!" The brothers fainted in lamentation.

Personal Guidance

The sons cry that their saintly father has 'gone to the heavenly planets.' Even bereaved devotees frame death in spiritually meaningful terms — grief is not denied, but it is placed in a larger context.

Reflection Questions

How do I frame death — my own or others' — when I speak about it?
Where could a more devotional framing change the texture of present grief?

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