तद्भ्रमद्भर्तृजीवेऽस्मिन्निजे शुद्धान्तमण्डपे । भर्त्रा विलोकिता नित्यं निवत्स्यामि यथासुखम् ॥ २८ ॥
tadbhramadbhartṛjīvē’sminnijē śuddhāntamaṇḍapē | bhartrā vilōkitā nityaṁ nivatsyāmi yathāsukham || 28 ||
Translation
so that in my own inner pavilion, where my husband's life wanders, I may live at ease, watched always by my husband.
Word by word
- tad
- (tat) so that
- bhramad
- (bhramat) wanders
- bhartṛ
- my husband’s
- jīvē
- where life
- asmin
- in this
- nijē
- my own
- śuddhānta
- inner
- maṇḍapē
- in the pavilion
- bhartrā
- by my husband
- vilōkitā
- watched
- nityaṁ
- always
- nivatsyāmi
- I may live
- yathāsukham
- at ease
Meaning
The commentary: in my pure inner pavilion, where my husband's jīva moves about, I shall live happily, always seen by him. The pavilion, maṇḍapa, which gives the tale its name, appears here: the room where a dead man's life is to be kept.