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The stage attained by Bhīṣmadeva while quitting his material body is called nirvikalpa-samādhi because he merged his self into thinking …

sampadyamānam ājñāya bhīṣmaṁ brahmaṇi niṣkale sarve babhūvus te tūṣṇīṁ vayāṁsīva dinātyaye

Knowing that Bhīṣmadeva had merged into the unlimited eternity of the Supreme Absolute, all present there became silent like birds …

To enter into or to become merged into the unlimited eternity of the Supreme Absolute means to enter the original …

Bhīṣmadeva, as a pure devotee of the Lord, entered the spiritual realm in one of the Vaikuṇṭha planets where the …

tatra dundubhayo nedur deva-mānava-vāditāḥ śaśaṁsuḥ sādhavo rājñāṁ khāt petuḥ puṣpa-vṛṣṭayaḥ

Thereafter, both men and demigods sounded drums in honor, and the honest royal order commenced demonstrations of honor and respect. …

Bhīṣmadeva was respected both by the human beings and by the demigods. The human beings live on earth and similar …

tasya nirharaṇādīni samparetasya bhārgava yudhiṣṭhiraḥ kārayitvā muhūrtaṁ duḥkhito ’bhavat

O descendant of Bhṛgu [Śaunaka], after performing funeral rituals for the dead body of Bhīṣmadeva, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was momentarily overtaken …

Bhīṣmadeva was not only a great family head of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, but also he was a great philosopher and friend …

tuṣṭuvur munayo hṛṣṭāḥ kṛṣṇaṁ tad-guhya-nāmabhiḥ tatas te kṛṣṇa-hṛdayāḥ svāśramān prayayuḥ punaḥ

All the great sages then glorified Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who was present there, by confidential Vedic hymns. Then all of …

The devotees of the Lord are always in the heart of the Lord, and the Lord is always in the …

tato yudhiṣṭhiro gatvā saha-kṛṣṇo gajāhvayam pitaraṁ sāntvayām āsa gāndhārīṁ ca tapasvinīm

Thereafter, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira at once went to his capital, Hastināpura, accompanied by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and there he consoled his …

Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī, the father and the mother of Duryodhana and his brothers, were the elder uncle and aunt of …

Gāndhārī was a powerful ascetic, although she was living the life of a faithful wife and a kind mother. It …

pitrā cānumato rājā vāsudevānumoditaḥ cakāra rājyaṁ dharmeṇa pitṛ-paitāmahaṁ vibhuḥ

After this, the great religious King, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, executed the royal power in the kingdom strictly according to the codes …