1296 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 30
Sayanah—lying down; parisocadbhih—lamenting; parivitah—surrounded;
sva-bandhubhih—by his relatives and friends; vicyamanah—being urged to
speak; api—although; na—not; britte—he speaks; kala—of time; pasa—the
noose; vagsam—under the control of; gatah—gone.
TRANSLATION
In this way he comes under the clutches of death and lies down,
surrounded by lamenting friends and relatives, and although he wants to
speak with them, he no longer can because he is under the control of
time.
PURPORT
For formality’s sake, when a man is lying on his deathbed, his relatives
come to him, and sometimes they cry very loudly, addressing the dying
man: “Oh, my father!”’ “Oh, my friend!” or “Oh, my husband!” In that
pitiable condition the dying man wants to speak with them and instruct
them of his desires, but because he is fully under the control of the time
factor, death, he cannot express himself, and that causes him inconceivable
pain. He is already in a painful condition because of disease, and his glands
and throat are choked up with mucus. He is already in a very difficult po-
sition, and when he is addressed by his relatives in that way, his grief in-
creases.
TEXT 18
wd serra Sayaarenfafeza: |
fra eqat  aTTgeTe TATE: 112 cil
evam kutumba-bharane
vyaprtatmajitendriyah
mriyate rudatam svanaém
uru-vedanayasta-dhih
evam—thus; kutumba-bharane—in maintaining a family; vyaprta—
engrossed; dfma—his mind; ajita—uncontrolled; indriyah—his senses;
mriyate—he dies; rudatam—while crying; svanam—his relatives; uru—great;
vedanaya—with pain; asta—bereft of; dhih—consciousness.
