यथा हर्षो नभोगत्या मृतस्य पुनरागमात् । तथा त्वदागमाद् ब्रह्मन् स्वागतं ते महामुने ॥ ४२ ॥
yathā harṣō nabhōgatyā mṛtasya punarāgamāt | tathā tvadāgamād brahman svāgataṁ tē mahāmunē || 42 ||
Translation
"As the joy at moving through the sky, or at the return of one who had died: so is my joy at your coming, O brahmin. Welcome to you, great sage!
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- harṣō
- (harṣaḥ) the joy
- nabhō
- (nabhaḥ) through the sky
- gatyā
- at moving
- mṛtasya
- of one who had died
- punar
- (punaḥ) back
- āgamāt
- at the coming
- tathā
- so
- tvat
- your
- āgamād
- (āgamāt) at coming
- brahman
- (brahman) O brahmin
- svāgataṁ
- welcome
- tē
- to you
- mahāmunē
- great sage
Meaning
The comparisons climb to the impossible: to fly, or to have the dead come back.