Canto 9, Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Verse 25 (SB 9.10.25)
SB 9.10.25 • मूल श्लोक

स्वान् स्वान् बन्धून् परिष्वज्य लक्ष्मणेषुभिरर्दितान् । रुरुदु: सुस्वरं दीना घ्नन्त्य आत्मानमात्मना ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

svān svān bandhūn pariṣvajya lakṣmaṇeṣubhir arditān ruruduḥ susvaraṁ dīnā ghnantya ātmānam ātmanā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

svān svān — their own respective husbands; bandhūn — friends; pariṣvajya — embracing; lakṣmaṇa-iṣubhiḥ — by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa; arditān — who were killed; ruruduḥ — all the wives cried piteously; su-svaram — it was very sweet to hear; dīnāḥ — very poor; ghnantyaḥ — striking; ātmānam — their breasts; ātmanā — by themselves.

Translation

“Striking their breasts in affliction because their husbands had been killed by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa, the women embraced their respective husbands and cried piteously in voices appealing to everyone.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda