SB 1.9.44

सम्पद्यमानमाज्ञाय भीष्मं ब्रह्मणि निष्कले ।
सर्वे बभूवुस्ते तूष्णीं वयांसीव दिनात्यये ॥ ४४ ॥

sampadyamānam ājñāya bhīṣmaṁ brahmaṇi niṣkale
sarve babhūvus te tūṣṇīṁ vayāṁsīva dinātyaye

Synonyms

ājñāya — perceiving [ālakṣya¹⁶²]; bhīṣmam — [that] Bhīṣma; sampadyamānam — had entered [become united with (militam); or attained (prāptavantam) after first casting off all limiting adjuncts (sarvopādhi-vidhūnana-pūrvakam)¹⁶³]; niṣkale — the unlimited [meaning He who is free from all limiting adjuncts (nirupādhau); being situated beyond the extrinsic potency (māyātītaḥ)¹⁶⁴]; brahmaṇi — Supreme Brahman [in human form (narākṛti para-brahma-rūpaḥ), here, entering into Him means that he attained His association (tasmin sampadyamānatā ca tat-saṅgati eva)¹⁶⁵]; te sarve — everyone present there; babhūvuḥ — became; tūṣṇīm — silent; vayāṁsi iva — like birds [pakṣiṇas tad-vat¹⁶⁶]; dina-atyaye — at the end of the day.

Translation

Perceiving that Bhīṣma had entered the unlimited Supreme Brahman, everyone present there fell silent, like birds at the end of the day.

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