1340 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 28

PURPORT

It appears that the Queen did not even talk to her husband while serving.
She would simply perform her prescribed duties without talk. Thus she did
not stop rendering service until she could ascertain that her husband had
passed from the body.

TEXT 46

Tal Teta Ta |
WAAL PTT Bit TA Uva

yada nopalabhetanghrav
usmanam patyur arcati

asit samvigna-hrdaya
ytitha-bhrasta mrgi yatha

yada—when; na—not; upalabheta—could feel; anghrau—in the feet;
iismanam—heat; patyuh—of her husband; arcati—while serving; asit—she
became; samvigna—anxious; hrda ya—at heart; yitha-bhrasta—bereft of her
husband; mrgi—the she deer; yatha—as.

TRANSLATION

While she was serving her husband by massaging his legs, she could feel
that his feet were no longer warm and could thus understand that he had
already passed from the body. She felt great anxiety upon being left alone.
Bereft of her husband’s company, she felt exactly as the deer feels upon
being separated from its mate.

PURPORT

As soon as the circulation of blood and air within the body stops, it is
to be understood that the soul within the body has left. The stoppage of the
blood’s circulation is perceived when the hands and feet lose heat. One
tests whether a body is alive or not by feeling the heart’s palpitations and
the coldness of the feet and hands.

TEXT 47

Weare Aad seaweg feeapshs: |
wartasy fata gat wee aT lvl
