Devanagari
प्राणांश्च विजहुस्तत्र भगवद्विरहातुरा: ।
उपगुह्य पतींस्तात चितामारुरुहु: स्त्रिय: ॥ १९ ॥
Verse text
prāṇāṁś ca vijahus tatra
bhagavad-virahāturāḥ
upaguhya patīṁs tāta
citām āruruhuḥ striyaḥ
Synonyms
prāṇān
—
their lives
;
ca
—
and
;
vijahuḥ
—
they gave up
;
tatra
—
there
;
bhagavat
—
from the Personality of Godhead
;
viraha
—
because of separation
;
āturāḥ
—
tormented
;
upagahya
—
embracing
;
patīn
—
their husbands
;
tāta
—
my dear Parīkṣit
;
citām
—
the funeral pyre
;
āruruhuḥ
—
they climbed upon
;
striyaḥ
—
the wives .
Translation
Tormented by separation from the Lord, His parents gave up their lives at that very spot. My dear Parīkṣit, the wives of the Yādavas then climbed onto the funeral pyres, embracing their dead husbands.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Tormented by separation from the Lord, his parents (Vasudeva and Devakī) gave up their lives at that very spot. My dear Parīkṣit, the wives of the Yādavas then climbed onto the funeral pyres, embracing their dead husbands.
This description should be explained to be superficial and not actual fact.