# SB 9.10.25 > स्वान्स्वान्बन्धून्परिष्वज्य लक्ष्मणेषुभिरर्दितान > रुरुदुः सुस्वरं दीना घ्नन्त्य आत्मानमात्मना ॥२५॥ ## Text > svān svān bandhūn pariṣvajya > lakṣmaṇeṣubhir arditān > ruruduḥ susvaraṁ dīnā > ghnantya ātmānam ātmanā ## Synonyms *svān svān*—their own respective husbands; *bandhūn*—friends; *pariṣvajya*—embracing; *lakṣmaṇa-iṣubhiḥ*—by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa; *arditān*—who were killed; *ruruduḥ*—all the wives cried piteously; *su-svaram*—it was very sweet to hear; *dīnāḥ*—very poor; *ghnantyaḥ*—striking; *ātmānam*—their breasts; *ātmanā*—by themselves. ## Translation **Striking their breasts in affliction because their husbands had been killed by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa, the women embraced their respective husbands and cried piteously in voices appealing to everyone.**