Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.15

ete yadā mat-suhridos tilāpah

kritās tadā nashta-samā vrajaukasah

prāne gate varshmasu kā nu cintā

prajāsavah prāna-bhrito hi ye te

SYNONYMS

ete — this Krishna and His associates, the cowherd boys; yadā — when; mat-suhridoh — of my brother and sister; tila-āpah kritāh — become the last ritualistic ceremonial offering of sesame and water; tadā — at that time; nashta-samāh — without life; vraja-okasah — all the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi, Vrindāvana; prāne — when the vital force; gate — has been thrown out of the body; varshmasu — as far as the body is concerned; kā — what; nu — indeed; cintā — consideration; prajā-asavah — those whose love for their children is the same as their love for their own life; prāna-bhritah — those living beings; hi — indeed; ye te — all the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi.

TRANSLATION

Aghāsura thought: If somehow or other I can make Krishna and His associates serve as the last offering of sesame and water for the departed souls of my brother and sister, then the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi, for whom these boys are the life and soul, will automatically die. If there is no life, there is no need for the body; consequently, when their sons are dead, naturally all the inhabitants of Vraja will die.

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