Shloka 69

प्रत्याहारवर्णनम्

Pratyāhāra—Cosmic Withdrawal / Dissolution Sequence

Devanagari script

शरीरं प्रजहन्सोंऽते निरुच्छ्वासस्ततो भवेत् / एवं प्राणैः परित्यक्तो मृत इत्यभिधीयते

Transliteration

śarīraṃ prajahansoṃ'te nirucchvāsastato bhavet / evaṃ prāṇaiḥ parityakto mṛta ityabhidhīyate

Translation

শেষে যখন সে দেহ ত্যাগ করে, তখন নিঃশ্বাস থেমে যায়; এভাবে প্রাণে পরিত্যক্ত হলে তাকে ‘মৃত’ বলা হয়।

Word by Word

शरीरम्the body

प्रजहन्abandoning (it)

सःhe

अन्तेat the end

निरुच्छ्वासःwithout breath

ततःthereupon/therefore

भवेत्would become/is said to become

एवम्thus

प्राणैःby the vital breaths

परित्यक्तःabandoned/left

मृतःdead

इतिthus

अभिधीयतेis called/said