Antya 11.96

TEXT 96

TEXT

ইচ্ছামাত্রে কৈলা নিজপ্রাণ নিষ্ক্রামণ ।
পূর্বে যেন শুনিয়াছি ভীষ্মের মরণ ॥ ৯৬ ॥

iccha-matre kaila nija-prana niskramana

purve yena suniyachi bhismera marana

SYNONYMS

iccha-matre-just by desire; kaila-performed; nija-prana-of his life; niskramana-going away; purve-formerly; yena-as; suniyachi-we have heard; bhismera marana-the death of Bhismadeva.

TRANSLATION

"Simply by his will, Haridasa Thakura could give up his life and go away, exactly like Bhisma, who previously died simply by his own desire, as we have heard from sastra.