CC Antya 11.96
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 96
- icchā-mātre kailā nija-prāṇa niṣkrāmaṇa
- pūrve yena śuniyāchi bhīṣmera maraṇa
SYNONYMS
icchā-mātre — just by desire; kailā — performed; nija-prāṇa — of his life; niṣkrāmaṇa — going away; pūrve — formerly; yena — as; śuniyāchi — we have heard; bhīṣmera maraṇa — the death of Bhīṣmadeva.
TRANSLATION
"Simply by his will, Haridāsa Ṭhākura could give up his life and go away, exactly like Bhīṣma, who previously died simply by his own desire, as we have heard from śāstra.