SB 1.16.8

न कश्चिन्म्रियते तावद्यावदास्त इहान्तकः ।
एतदर्थं हि भगवानाहूतः परमर्षिभिः ।
अहो नृलोके पीयेत हरिलीलामृतं वचः ॥ ८ ॥
na kaścin mriyate tāvad yāvad āsta ihāntakaḥ
etad-arthaṁ hi bhagavān āhūtaḥ paramarṣibhiḥ
aho nṛ-loke pīyeta hari-līlāmṛtaṁ vacaḥ

Synonyms

yāvat — as long as; antakaḥ — Yamarāja [he who brings about everyone’s end (antaṁ karotīty antakaḥ)30]; āste — is present; iha — here; tāvat — for that duration; na kaścit — no one; mriyate — will die; etat-artham hi31 — it is precisely for this reason; bhagavān — that the god of death; āhūtaḥ — has been invited; parama-ṛṣibhiḥ — by the great sages; aho — Oh; nṛ-loke — [let] the people of this world [nṛ-loke janaḥ32]; pīyeta — drink; vacaḥ — the narrations; amṛtam — that are filled with the immortal nectar; hari-līlā — [of] the divine play of Hari, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Translation

As long as Yamarāja is present here, no one will die. It is precisely for this reason that the god of death has been invited by the great sages. Oh, let the people of this world drink the narrations that are filled with the immortal nectar of the divine play of Hari, Śrī Kṛṣṇa!

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