Shloka 27

अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना

Devanagari script

मुक्तकेशो हसंश्चैव गायन्नृत्यंश् च यो नरः याम्यामभिमुखं गच्छेत् तदन्तं तस्य जीवितम्

Transliteration

muktakeśo hasaṃścaiva gāyannṛtyaṃś ca yo naraḥ yāmyāmabhimukhaṃ gacchet tadantaṃ tasya jīvitam

Translation

Si un homme, les cheveux dénoués, riant, chantant et dansant, s’avance face au sud—le domaine de Yama—cet acte même est la limite de sa vie : là s’achève son souffle.

Word by Word

• mukta-keśaḥ: with loosened hair

• hasaṃ: laughing

• ca eva: and indeed

• gāyan: singing

• nṛtyan: dancing

• ca: and

• yaḥ: who

• naraḥ: a man/person

• yāmyām: the southern (Yama’s) direction

• abhimukham: facing/towards

• gacchet: goes/proceeds

• tat: that

• antam: end/limit

• tasya: of him

• jīvitam: life/lifespan

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)