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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.31.20

రామపత్న్‍యశ్చ తద్దేహముపగుహ్యాగ్నిమావిశన్ । వసుదేవపత్న్‍యస్తద్గాత్రం ప్రద్యుమ్నాదీన్ హరే: స్‍నుషా: । కృష్ణపత్న్‍యోఽవిశన్నగ్నిం రుక్‍మిణ్యాద్యాస్తదాత్మికా: ॥ ౨౦ ॥
rāma-patnyaś ca tad-deham
[raama-patnyash cha tad-deham]
upaguhyāgnim āviśan
[upaguhyaagnim aavishan]
vasudeva-patnyas tad-gātraṁ
[vasudeva-patnyas tad-gaatram]
pradyumnādīn hareḥ snuṣāḥ
[pradyumnaadeen hareh snushaah]
kṛṣṇa-patnyo ’viśann agniṁ
[krishna-patnyo ’vishann agnim]
rukmiṇy-ādyās tad-ātmikāḥ
[rukminy-aadyaas tad-aatmikaah]
rāma-patnyaḥ — the wives of Lord Balarāma ca — and tat-deham — His body upaguhya — embracing agnim — the fire āviśan — entered vasudeva-patnyaḥ — the wives of Vasudeva tat-gātram — his body pradyumna-ādīn — Pradyumna and the others hareḥ — of Lord Hari snuṣāḥ — the daughters-in-law kṛṣṇa-patnyaḥ — the wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa aviśan — entered agnim — the fire rukmiṇī-ādyāḥ — led by Queen Rukmiṇī tat-ātmikāḥ — whose consciousness was completely absorbed in Him.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rāma-patnyaś ca tad-deham
rāma-patnyaḥ
the wives of Lord Balarāma
ca
and
tat-deham
His body
upaguhyāgnim āviśan
upaguhya
embracing
agnim
the fire
āviśan
entered
vasudeva-patnyas tad-gātraṁ
vasudeva-patnyaḥ
the wives of Vasudeva
tat-gātram
his body
pradyumnādīn hareḥ snuṣāḥ
pradyumna-ādīn
Pradyumna and the others
hareḥ
of Lord Hari
snuṣāḥ
the daughters-in-law
kṛṣṇa-patnyo ’viśann agniṁ
kṛṣṇa-patnyaḥ
the wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa
aviśan
entered
agnim
the fire
rukmiṇy-ādyās tad-ātmikāḥ
rukmiṇī-ādyāḥ
led by Queen Rukmiṇī
tat-ātmikāḥ
whose consciousness was completely absorbed in Him.
The wives of Lord Balarāma also entered the fire and embraced His body, and Vasudeva’s wives entered his fire and embraced his body. The daughters-in-law of Lord Hari entered the funeral fires of their respective husbands, headed by Pradyumna. And Rukmiṇī and the other wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa — whose hearts were completely absorbed in Him — entered His fire.

It is understood that the anguished scene described here is a display of the Lord’s illusory potency, adding a final dramatic note to Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes on the earth. In reality, Lord Kṛṣṇa returned to His eternal abode in His original body, and His eternal associates returned with Him. This final heartbreaking scene of the Lord’s pastimes is a creation of the Lord’s internal potency that brings the Lord’s manifest pastimes to a perfect dramatic end.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The wives of Balarāma embracing his body also entered the fire. Vasudeva’s wives, embracing his body, entered the fire. The daughters-in-law of the Lord entered the funeral fires of their respective husbands, headed by Pradyumna. And Rukmiṇī and the other wives of Kṛṣṇa—whose hearts were completely absorbed in him—entered the fire.
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