Shloka 53
नूनं सप्ताश्वयुक्तेन रथेनोत्तमतेजसा । विमोक्ष्येडहं तदा प्राणान् सुहृदः सुप्रियानिव,'सात घोड़ोंसे जुते हुए उत्तम तेजस्वी रथके द्वारा जब सूर्य कुबेरकी निवासभूत उत्तरदिशाके पथपर आ जायाँगे, उस समय जो राजा मेरे पास आयेंगे, वे मेरी ऊर्ध्व गतिको देख सकेंगे। निश्चय ही उसी समय मैं अत्यन्त प्रियतम सुहृदोंकी भाँति अपने प्यारे प्राणोंका त्याग करूँगा
nūnaṃ saptāśvayuktena rathenottamatejasā | vimokṣye'haṃ tadā prāṇān suhṛdaḥ supriyān iva ||
Sañjaya said: “Surely, at that time I shall release my life-breaths—parting with them as one parts from dearly loved friends—when the Sun, riding his supremely radiant chariot yoked with seven horses, turns upon the northern course. The sense is of a deliberate, timely renunciation: death is not seized in despair but accepted in accordance with a cosmic order, with the calm dignity of one who lets go of what is most beloved.”
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