CHAPTER NINE

The Passing Away of Bhismadeva
in the Presence of Lord Krsna

TEXT 1

aa Zara
ga Mia: sartierera afar |
ait aad ane war SaaaISTA II 2

sufa uvaca
iti bhitah praja-drohat
sarva-dharma-vivitsaya
tato vinasanam pragad
yatra devavrato ’patat

siitah uvaca—Sri Sita Gosvami said: iti—thus: bhitah—being afraid of:
praja-drohat—because of killing the subjects; sarva—all; dharma—acts of
religion; vivitsaya—for understanding; tatah—thereafter; vinasanam—the
place where the fight was held; pragat—they all went; yatra—where;
devavratah—Bhismadeva; apatat—lay down for passing away.

TRANSLATION

Sita Gosvami said: Being afraid for having killed so many subjects on
the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, Maharaja Yudhisthira went to the scene of
the massacre. There, Bhismadeva was lying on a bed of arrows about to
pass away.

PURPORT

In this Ninth Chapter, as it is willed by Lord Sri Krsna, Bhismadeva will
impart instructions to King Yudhisthira on the subject of occupational

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