icchÄ-mÄtre kailÄ nija-prÄṇa niá¹£krÄmaṇa
pÅ«rve yena Å›uniyÄchi bhīṣmera maraṇa

 icchÄ-mÄtre - just by desire; kailÄ - performed; nija-prÄṇa - of his life; niá¹£krÄmaṇa - going away; pÅ«rve - formerly; yena - as; Å›uniyÄchi - we have heard; bhīṣmera maraṇa - the death of Bhīṣmadeva.


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“Simply by his will, HaridÄsa ṬhÄkura could give up his life and go away, exactly like Bhīṣma, who previously died simply by his own desire, as we have heard from Å›Ästra.

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