Text 34] Hiranyakasipu, King of the Demons 93

TEXT 34

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mga a ae neat:
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tvaya krtajnena vayarn mahi-pate
katham vind syama suhrttamena te

tatranuyanam tava vira padayoh
SuSrisatinam disa yatra yasyasi

tvayad—you; krtajiena—a most grateful personality; vayam—we;
mahi-pate—O King; katham—how; vinad—without; syama—shall ex-
ist; swhrt-tamena—the best of our friends; te—of you; tatra—there;
anuyénam—the following; tava—of you; vira—O hero; pédayoh—of
the lotus feet; Susriisatinam—of those engaging in the service; disa—
please order; yatra—where; yasyasi—you will go.

TRANSLATION

O King, O hero, you were a very grateful husband and the most
sincere friend of all of us. How shall we exist without you? O hero,
wherever you are going, please direct us there so that we may
follow in your footsteps and engage again in your service. Let us
go along with you!

PURPORT

Formerly, a ksatriya king was generally the husband of many wives,
and after the death of the king, especially in the battlefield, all the
queens would agree to accept saha-mdrana, dying with the husband who
was their life. When Pandu Maharaja, the father of the Pandavas, died,
his two wives—namely, the mother of Yudhisthira, Bhima and Arjuna
and the mother of Nakula and Sahadeva—were both ready to die in the
fire with their husband. Later, after a compromise was arranged, Kunti
stayed alive to care for the little children, and the other wife, Madri, was
