पङ्क्तिबद्धेन्द्रियपशुं वलत्तृष्णागृहाङ्गनम् । रागरञ्जितसर्वाङ्गं नेष्टं देहगृहं मम ॥ १९ ॥
paṅktibaddhēndriyapaśuṁ valattṛṣṇāgṛhāṅganam | rāgarañjitasarvāṅgaṁ nēṣṭaṁ dēhagṛhaṁ mama || 19 ||
Translation
Its cattle, the senses, tied in a row, its restless housewife, craving, every part of it dyed with the colour of passion: the house of the body is not wanted by me.
Word by word
- paṅkti
- in a row
- baddha
- tied
- indriya
- the senses
- paśuṁ
- its cattle
- valat
- restless
- tṛṣṇā
- craving
- gṛha
- its house
- aṅganam
- wife
- rāga
- of passion
- rañjita
- dyed with the colour
- sarva
- every
- aṅgaṁ
- part
- na
- not
- iṣṭaṁ
- wanted
- dēha
- of the body
- gṛhaṁ
- the house
- mama
- by me
Meaning
From here to verse 34, every verse ends with the same refrain: neṣṭaṃ dehagṛhaṃ mama, "the house of the body is not wanted by me". Each verse shows one more room of the house. Here: the senses are the cattle tied in a row in the yard; craving is the housewife who runs about restlessly; and rāga, passion, is the red dye with which every wall is painted (rāga means both "colour" and "passion"). The refrain is meant to be heard again and again, until the reader can say it of their own house without fear.