Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

संभिन्नो मारुतो यस्य मर्मस्थानानि कृन्तति अद्भिः स्पृष्टो न हृष्येत तस्य मृत्युरुपस्थितः

Transliteration

saṃbhinno māruto yasya marmasthānāni kṛntati adbhiḥ spṛṣṭo na hṛṣyeta tasya mṛtyurupasthitaḥ

Translation

Kapag ang prāṇa-vāyu sa loob ay nagulo at wari’y pumuputol sa mga maseselang marman, at kahit dampi ng tubig ay di na nakapagpapasariwa o nakapagpapaligaya—alamin na ang Kamatayan ay lumalapit na.

Word by Word

• saṃbhinnaḥ: disturbed, disordered

• mārutaḥ: wind, vital air (vāyu/prāṇa)

• yasya: of whom

• marma-sthānāni: vital spots, vulnerable junctions of life-force

• kṛntati: cuts, pierces, rends

• adbhiḥ: by waters, with water

• spṛṣṭaḥ: touched

• na: not

• hṛṣyeta: would feel joy/refreshment

• tasya: for him

• mṛtyuḥ: death

• upasthitaḥ: has approached, is present

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)