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Bhīṣma's Passing Away
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of His great devotee Śrī Bhīṣmadeva, and thus the latter began to pray as follows.
TEXT 32
श्रीभीष्म उवाच 
  इति मतिरुपकल्पिता वितृष्णा 
  भगवति सात्वतपुङ्गवे विभूमि । 
  स्वसुखमुपगते कचिद्विहर्तुं 
  प्रकृतिमुपेयुषि यद्भवप्रवाहः ॥३२॥
śrī bhīṣma uvāca 
  iti matir upakalpitā vitrṣṇā 
  bhagavati sātvata-puṅgave vibhūmni 
  sva-sukham upagate kvacid vihartum 
  prakṛtim upeyuṣi yad bhava-pravāhaḥ
śrī bhīṣmaḥ uvāca—Bhīṣmadeva said:  iti —thus:  matiḥ —thinking, feeling and willing;  upakalpitā —invested;  vitrṣṇā —freed from all sense desires;  bhagavati —unto the Personality of Godhead;  sātvata-puṅgave —unto the leader of the devotees;  vibhūmni —unto the great;  sva-sukham —self-satisfaction;  upagate —unto Him who has attained it;  kvacit —sometimes:  vihartum —out of transcendental pleasure;  prakṛtim —in the material world:  upeyuṣi —do accept it;  yat bhava —from whom the creation;  pravāhaḥ —is made and annihilated.
TRANSLATION
Bhīṣmadeva said: Let me now invest my thinking, feeling and willing, which were so long engaged in different subjects and occupational duties, unto the all-powerful Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He is always self-satisfied, but sometimes, being the leader of the devotees, He enjoys transcendental pleasure by descending on the material world, although from Him only the material world is created.
PURPORT
Because Bhīṣmadeva was a statesman, the head of the Kuru dynasty, a great general and a leader of  kṣatriyas , his mind was strewn over so many subjects, and his thinking, feeling and willing were engaged in different matters. Now, in order to achieve pure devotional service, he wants to