1002 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 23

spiritual life because a person who is engaged in spiritual life must reduce
the comforts of the body—namely eating, sleeping and mating—to a
minimum. Although Queen Arci became very thin from living in the forest
according to regulative principles, she was not unhappy because she was
enjoying the honor of serving her great husband.

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deham vipannakhila-cetanadikarm
patyuh prthivyda dayitasya catmanah
dlaksya kiiicic ca vilapya sa sati
citam atharopayad adrisanuni

deham—body; vipanna—completely failing; akhila—all; cetana—feeling;
addikam—symptoms; patyuh—of her husband; prthivyah—the world;
dayitasya—of the merciful; ca dtmanah—also of herself; alaksya—by seeing;
kificit—very little; ca—and; vilapya—lamenting; sa—she; sati—the chaste;
citam—unto the fire; atha—now; dropayat—placed; adri—hill; sanuni—on
the top.
TRANSLATION

When Queen Arci saw that her husband, who had been so merciful to
her and the earth, no longer showed symptoms of life, she lamented for a
little while and then built a fiery pyre on top of a hill and placed the body
of her husband on it.

PURPORT

After seeing all the life symptoms in her husband stop, the Queen
lamented for a while. The word kifcit means “‘for a little while.” The)
Queen was completely aware that her husband was not dead, although
the symptoms of life—action, intelligence and sense perception—had
ceased. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:

dehino ’smin yatha dehe
kaumaram yauvanam jara

tatha dehantara-praptir
dhiras tatra na muhyati
