Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind

Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and Vritrasura. Text 3

अपि वृन्दारका यूयं न जानीथ शरीरिणाम् ।
संस्थायां यस्त्वभिद्रोहो दुःसहश्चेतनापहः ॥३॥

api vá¹›ndÄrakÄ yÅ«yaá¹
na jÄnÄ«tha Å›arÄ«riṇÄm
saá¹sthÄyÄá¹ yas tv abhidroho
duḥsahaÅ› cetanÄpahaḥ

 api - although; vá¹›ndÄrakÄḥ - O demigods; yÅ«yam - all of you; na jÄnÄ«tha - do not know; Å›arÄ«riṇÄm - of those who have material bodies; saá¹sthÄyÄm - at the time of death, or while quitting this body; yaḥ - which; tu - then; abhidrohaḥ - severe pain; duḥsahaḥ - unbearable; cetana - the consciousness; apahaḥ - which takes away.


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O elevated demigods, at the time of death, severe, unbearable pain takes away the consciousness of all living entities who have accepted material bodies. Don’t you know about this pain?

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