Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.57.7

satyabhama ca pitaram

hatam viksya sucarpita

vyalapat tata tateti

ha hatasmiti muhyati

SYNONYMS

satyabhama -- Queen Satyabhama; ca -- and; pitaram -- her father; hatam -- killed; viksya -- seeing; suca-arpita -- cast into sorrow; vyalapat -- lamented; tata tata -- O father, O father; iti -- thus; ha -- alas; hata -- killed; asmi -- I am; iti -- thus; muhyati -- fainting.

TRANSLATION

When Satyabhama saw her dead father, she was plunged into grief. Lamenting "My father, my father! Oh, I am killed!" she fell unconscious.

PURPORT

According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, Satyabhama's anguished feelings and words at the death of her father were prompted by Lord Krsna's pastime potency (lila-sakti), to prepare for the Lord's violent reaction against Satadhanva.

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