CC Antya 11.96
Antya-līlā, Chapter 11, Text 96
ইচ্ছামাত্রে কৈলা নিজপ্রাণ নিষ্ক্রামণ ।
পূর্বে যেন শুনিয়াছি ভীষ্মের মরণ ॥ ৯৬ ॥
পূর্বে যেন শুনিয়াছি ভীষ্মের মরণ ॥ ৯৬ ॥
icchā-mātre kailā nija-prāṇa niṣkrāmaṇa
pūrve yena śuniyāchi bhīṣmera maraṇa
pūrve yena śuniyāchi bhīṣmera maraṇa
Word by word
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.”