SB 1.15.21
सर्वं क्षणेन तदभूदसदीशरिक्तं भस्मन्हुतं कुहकराद्धमिवोप्तमूष्याम् ॥ २१ ॥
so’haṁ rathī nṛpatayo yata ānamanti
sarvaṁ kṣaṇena tad abhūd asad īśa-riktaṁ
bhasman hutaṁ kuhaka-rāddham ivoptam ūṣyām
Synonyms
tat — this; vai dhanuḥ — celebrated [Gāṇḍīva126] bow; te — these; iṣavaḥ — arrows [bāṇāḥ]; saḥ — this very; rathaḥ — chariot; te — these; hayāḥ — [unim-peded] horses [(apratihatāḥ aśvāḥ) that can travel everywhere (sarvatra-gantāraḥ)]; aham — [and] I; saḥ rathī — the same great chariot fighter [the slayer of Bhīṣma and other great heroes (bhīṣmādi-hantā)]; yataḥ — all on account of which [on account of my bow and all else (yebhyo dhanurādibhyo hetubhyaḥ)127]; nṛpatayaḥ — the kings; ānamanti — used to offer respect; [unto me (mām)]; tat sarvam abhūt — have all become; kṣaṇena — instantly; asat — worthless [or incapable of bringing forth effects (kāryākṣamam)]; riktam — in the absence [viyogam]; īśa — [of our] Master [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; iva — just as; hutam — oblations; bhasman — [offered] into ashes [bhasmani]; [yield no fruit (niṣphalatve)]; rāddham — [or as illusory gifts] received [prāptam]; kuhaka — [from] a magician [mayāvinaḥ]; [amount to nothing at all (avastu-bhūtatve)]; uptam — [or as] seeds sown [bījam128]; ūṣyām — in barren land [ūṣara-bhūmau]; [come to ruin (naśyad avasthatve)].
Translation
This celebrated Gāṇḍīva bow, these arrows, this very chariot, these [unimpeded] horses, and I, the same great chariot fighter, all on account of which, the kings used to offer respect unto me, have all instantly become worthless in the absence of our Master [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], just as oblations offered into ashes [yield no fruit], or as illusory gifts received from a magician [amount to nothing at all], or as seeds sown in barren land [come to ruin].