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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.30.17

శయాన: పరిశోచద్‌భి: పరివీత: స్వబన్ధుభి: । వాచ్యమానోఽపి న బ్రూతే కాలపాశవశం గత: ॥ ౧౭ ॥
śayānaḥ pariśocadbhiḥ
[shayaanah parishochadbhih]
parivītaḥ sva-bandhubhiḥ
[pariveetah sva-bandhubhih]
vācyamāno ’pi na brūte
[vaachyamaano ’pi na broote]
kāla-pāśa-vaśaṁ gataḥ
[kaala-paasha-vasham gatah]
śayānaḥ — lying down pariśocadbhiḥ — lamenting parivītaḥ — surrounded sva-bandhubhiḥ — by his relatives and friends vācyamānaḥ — being urged to speak api — although na — not brūte — he speaks kāla — of time pāśa — the noose vaśam — under the control of gataḥ — gone.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śayānaḥ pariśocadbhiḥ
śayānaḥ
lying down
pariśocadbhiḥ
lamenting
parivītaḥ sva-bandhubhiḥ
parivītaḥ
surrounded
sva-bandhubhiḥ
by his relatives and friends
vācyamāno ’pi na brūte
vācyamānaḥ
being urged to speak
kāla-pāśa-vaśaṁ gataḥ
api
although
na
not
brūte
he speaks
kāla
of time
pāśa
the noose
vaśam
under the control of
gataḥ
gone.
In this way he comes under the clutches of death and lies down, surrounded by lamenting friends and relatives, and although he wants to speak with them, he no longer can because he is under the control of time.

For formality’s sake, when a man is lying on his deathbed, his relatives come to him, and sometimes they cry very loudly, addressing the dying man: “Oh, my father!” “Oh, my friend!” or “Oh, my husband!” In that pitiable condition the dying man wants to speak with them and instruct them of his desires, but because he is fully under the control of the time factor, death, he cannot express himself, and that causes him inconceivable pain. He is already in a painful condition because of disease, and his glands and throat are choked up with mucus. He is already in a very difficult position, and when he is addressed by his relatives in that way, his grief increases.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Lying down, surrounded by lamenting relatives, under the control of the noose of time, though he wants to speak, he cannot.
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