प्राणेभ्योऽपि प्रियो भर्ता ममैष जगतीपतिः । यौवनोल्लासवान् श्रीमान् कथं स्यादजरामरः ॥ १९ ॥
prāṇēbhyō’pi priyō bhartā mamaiṣa jagatīpatiḥ | yauvanōllāsavān śrīmān kathaṁ syādajarāmaraḥ || 19 ||
Translation
"My husband, this lord of the earth, dearer to me than life, glorious and in the bloom of youth: how might he be free of age and death?
Word by word
- prāṇēbhyō
- (prāṇebhyaḥ) than life
- api
- even
- priyō
- (priyaḥ) dearer
- bhartā
- husband
- mama
- my
- ēṣa
- this
- jagatīpatiḥ
- lord of the earth
- yauvana
- of youth
- ullāsavān
- in the bloom
- śrīmān
- glorious
- kathaṁ
- how
- syād
- (syāt) might he be
- ajara
- free of age
- amaraḥ
- and death
Meaning
The commentary: this young and most handsome lord of the earth, my husband, dearer to me than my life: how might he be free of age and death? Her fear is the shadow of her happiness: the more one loves what is mortal, the more its death is feared.