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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.57

స వా అద్యతనాద్ రాజన్ పరత: పఞ్చమేఽహని । కలేవరం హాస్యతి స్వం తచ్చ భస్మీభవిష్యతి ॥ ౫౭ ॥
sa vā adyatanād rājan
[sa vaa adyatanaad raajan]
parataḥ paṣcame ’hani
[paratah pashchame ’hani]
kalevaraṁ hāsyati svaṁ
[kalevaram haasyati svam]
tac ca bhasmī-bhaviṣyati
[tach cha bhasmee-bhavishyati]
saḥ — he vā — in all probability adya — today tanāt — from rājan — O King parataḥ — ahead paṣcame — on the fifth ahani — day kalevaram — body hāsyati — shall quit svam — his own tat — that ca — also bhasmī — ashes bhaviṣyati — will turn into.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa vā adyatanād rājan
saḥ
he
vā
in all probability
adya
today
tanāt
from
rājan
O King
parataḥ paṣcame ’hani
parataḥ
ahead
paṣcame
on the fifth
ahani
day
kalevaraṁ hāsyati svaṁ
kalevaram
body
hāsyati
shall quit
svam
his own
tac ca bhasmī-bhaviṣyati
tat
that
ca
also
bhasmī
ashes
bhaviṣyati
will turn into.
O King, he will quit his body, most probably on the fifth day from today. And his body will turn to ashes.

Nārada Muni’s prophecy prohibited Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja from going to the place where his uncle was staying because even after quitting the body by his own mystic power, Dhṛtarāṣṭra would not be in need of any funeral ceremony; Nārada Muni indicated that his body by itself would burn to ashes. The perfection of the yoga system is attained by such mystic power. The yogī is able to quit his body by his own choice of time and can attain any planet he desires by turning the present body into ashes by self-made fire.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Do not be an obstacle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra who has renounced all actions! O king! Five days from now he will give up his body. He will turn himself to ashes.
Commentary

Since Yudhiṣṭhira may try to bring him back Nārada says “Do not be an obstacle (antarāyaḥ)!” Abhūḥ in this case should be bhūḥ with mā, but stays in that form because of poetic license. Yudhiṣṭhira may still want to see him. Therefore Nārada says five days from now (adyatanāt) he will give up his body. Yudhiṣṭhira may want to go to burn the body. Nārada says that he will burn himself up (svam).

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