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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 11.31.16-17

कथयामास निधनं वृष्णीनां कृत्‍स्‍नशो नृप ।

तच्छ्रुत्वोद्विग्नहृदया जना: शोकविर्मूर्च्छिता: ॥ १६ ॥

तत्र स्म त्वरिता जग्मु: कृष्णविश्लेषविह्वला: ।

व्यसव: शेरते यत्र ज्ञातयो घ्नन्त आननम् ॥ १७ ॥

kathayām āsa nidhanaṁ

vṛṣṇīnāṁ kṛtsnaśo nṛpa

tac chrutvodvigna-hṛdayā

janāḥ śoka-virmūrcchitāḥ

tatra sma tvaritā jagmuḥ

kṛṣṇa-viśleṣa-vihvalāḥ

vyasavaḥ śerate yatra

jñātayo ghnanta ānanam

Translation

Dāruka delivered the account of the total destruction of the Vṛṣṇis, and upon hearing this, O Parīkṣit, the people became deeply distraught in their hearts and stunned with sorrow. Feeling the overwhelming pain of separation from Kṛṣṇa, they struck their own faces while hurrying to the place where their relatives lay dead.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Overwhelmed by Separation from Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Dāruka reported the total destruction of the Vṛṣṇis. Hearing this, the people became deeply distressed and stunned with sorrow.

  2. 2

    They felt overwhelming pain at separation from Kṛṣṇa. Their grief was expressed in striking their own faces.

  3. 3

    They hurried to the place where their relatives lay dead. The account describes their sorrow over both separation from Kṛṣṇa and the loss of their relatives.

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