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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.9.1
tato vinasanam pragad
SYNONYMS
sutah uvaca -- Sri Suta Gosvami said; iti -- thus; bhitah -- being afraid of; praja-drohat -- because of killing the subjects; sarva -- all; dharma -- acts of religion; vivitsaya -- for understanding; tatah -- thereafter; vinasanam -- the place where the fight was held; pragat -- he went; yatra -- where; deva-vratah -- Bhismadeva; apatat -- lay down for passing away.
TRANSLATION
Suta Gosvami said: Being afraid for having killed so many subjects on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, Maharaja Yudhisthira went to the scene of the massacre. There, Bhismadeva was lying on a bed of arrows, about to pass away.
PURPORT
In this Ninth Chapter, as it is willed by Lord Sri Krsna, Bhismadeva will impart instructions to King Yudhisthira on the subject of occupational duties. Bhismadeva will also offer his last prayer to the Lord on the verge of passing away from this mortal world and thus become liberated from the bondage of further material engagements. Bhismadeva was endowed with the power of leaving his material body at will, and his lying down on the bed of arrows was his own choice. This passing away of the great warrior attracted the attention of all the contemporary elites, and all of them assembled there to show their feelings of love, respect and affection for the great soul.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness