CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Pandavas Retire Timely

TEXT 1
dt Sarg,

Fes FMAA: HM AA AISSHTsH AT: |
amTagrag et gufsarahta: 2 A

suta uvaca
evam krsna-sakhah krsno
bhratra rajiia ‘vikalpitah

— = 6 oy

krsna-vislesa-karsitah

sittah uvaca—Sitta Gosvami said; evam—thus; krsna-sakhah—the cele-
brated friend of Krsna; krsnah—Arjuna; bhratra—by his elder brother;
rajia—King Yudhisthira; avikalpitah—speculated; nana—various; sanka-
dspadam—based on many doubts; ruipam—forms; krspa—Lord Sri Krsna;
vislesa—feelings of separation; karsitah—-became greatly bereaved.

TRANSLATION

Suta Gosvami said: Arjuna, the celebrated friend of Lord Krsna, was
griefstricken because of his strong feeling of separation from Krsna, over
and above all Maharaja Yudhisthira’s speculative inquiries.

PURPORT

Being too much agprieved, Arjuna practically became choked up, and
therefore it was not possible for him to reply properly to the various
speculative inquiries of Maharaja Yudhisthira.

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