Shloka 12
अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना
Devanagari script
शवगन्धि भवेद्गात्रं वसागन्धमथापि वा मृत्युर्ह्युपागतस्तस्य अर्धमासान्न जीवति
Transliteration
śavagandhi bhavedgātraṃ vasāgandhamathāpi vā mṛtyurhyupāgatastasya ardhamāsānna jīvati
Translation
Kung ang katawan ng isang tao ay magsimulang umamoy na parang bangkay—o kahit parang panis na taba—kung gayon ang Kamatayan ay tunay nang lumalapit; ang taong iyon ay hindi mabubuhay nang lampas sa kalahating buwan.
Word by Word
śava-gandhihaving the smell of a corpse
śava-gandhi:
bhavetbecomes/is
bhavet:
gātramthe body/limbs
gātram:
vasā-gandhamthe smell of fat/grease (rancid odor)
vasā-gandham:
atha api vāor even
atha api vā:
mṛtyuḥdeath
mṛtyuḥ:
hiindeed
hi:
upāgataḥhas approached/arrived
upāgataḥ:
tasyafor him/of that person
tasya:
ardha-māsātfrom half a month/within half a month
ardha-māsāt:
nanot
na:
jīvatilives
jīvati:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating traditional arishta-lakshanas to the sages of Naimisharanya)