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Bhīṣma's Passing Away
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वपुरलक्कुलावृताननाञ्जं त्रिजयसखे रतिरस्तु मेऽनवद्या ॥३३॥
tri-bhuvana-kamanaṁ tamāla-varṇaṁ ravi-kara-gaura-varāmbaraṁ dadhāne vapur alaka-kulāvṛtānanābjaṁ vijaya-sakhe ratir astu me'navadyā
tri-bhuvana —three statuses of planetary systems;  kamanam —the most desirable;  tamāla-varṇam —bluish like the  tamāla  tree;  ravi-kara —sun rays;  gaura —golden color;  varāmbaram —dress glittering by;  dadhāne —one who wears;  vapuḥ —body;  alaka-kulāvṛta —covered with paintings of sandalwood pulp;  anana-abjam —face like a lotus;  vijaya-sakhe —unto the friend of Arjuna;  ratiḥ astu —attraction be reposed upon Him;  me —my;  anavadyā —without desire for fruitive results.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the intimate friend of Arjuna. He has appeared on this earth in His transcendental body which resembles the bluish color of the  tamāla  tree. His body attracts everyone in the three [upper, middle and lower] planetary systems. May His glittering yellow dress and His lotus face, covered with paintings of sandalwood pulp, be the object of my attraction, and may I not desire fruitive results.
PURPORT
When Śrī Kṛṣṇa by His own internal pleasure appears on earth, He does so by the agency of His internal potency. The attractive features of His transcendental body are desired in all the three worlds, namely the upper, middle and lower planetary systems. Nowhere in the universe are there such beautiful bodily features as those of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Therefore His transcendental body has nothing to do with anything materially created. Arjuna is described here as the conquerer, and Kṛṣṇa is described as his intimate friend. Bhīṣmadeva on his bed of arrows after the Battle of Kurukṣetra is remembering the particular dress of Lord Kṛṣṇa which He put on as the driver of Arjuna's chariot. While fighting was going on between Arjuna and Bhīṣma, Bhīṣma's attraction was drawn by the glittering dress of Kṛṣṇa, and indirectly he admired his so-called enemy Arjuna for possessing the Lord as his friend. Arjuna was always a conquerer because