Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.44.45
Nirodha· Winding upLoss Felt Throughout the Household
“[The women cried out:] Alas, O master, O dear one, O knower of religious principles! O kind and compassionate protector of the shelterless! By your being slain we have also been slain, together with your household and offspring.”
What the purport teaches
- The women addressed their departed husbands as masters and dear ones, expressing affection and dependence.
- In their lament, they praised them as knowers of religious principles and compassionate protectors of the shelterless.
- They felt that their husbands’ deaths had also slain them, together with their households and offspring.
Try this today
Offer one small practical help to a household facing loss, such as bringing a meal.
Ask yourself
How does this lament help me notice the needs of an entire grieving household?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.