अथ वर्षसहस्रेण भर्ताऽऽदौ चेन्मरिष्यति । तत्करिष्ये तथा येन जीवो गेहान्न यास्यति ॥ २७ ॥
atha varṣasahasrēṇa bhartā’’dau cēnmariṣyati | tatkariṣyē tathā yēna jīvō gēhānna yāsyati || 27 ||
- Another reading: यथा (yathā) for तथा
Translation
But if, in a thousand years, my husband dies first, I shall act so that his life does not leave the house,
Word by word
- atha
- but
- varṣa
- years
- sahasrēṇa
- in a thousand
- bhartā
- my husband
- ādau
- first
- cēn
- (cet) if
- mariṣyati
- dies
- tat
- then
- kariṣyē
- I shall act
- tathā
- so
- yēna
- that
- jīvō
- (jīvaḥ) his life
- gēhān
- (gehāt) the house
- na
- not
- yāsyati
- leaves
Meaning
The commentary: if after a thousand years my husband dies before me, I shall strive so that his jīva cannot go out of the house. The "life", jīva, is the living self that leaves the body at death; she means to keep it.