एकं तावद्विदेहस्य भर्तुर्जीवो ममाऽम्बिके । अस्मादेव हि मा यासीन्निजाऽन्तःपुरमण्डपात् ॥ ३९ ॥
ēkaṁ tāvadvidēhasya bharturjīvō mamā’mbikē | asmādēva hi mā yāsīnnijā’ntaḥpuramaṇḍapāt || 39 ||
Translation
first, mother, that when my husband is bodiless his life may not go out of this, my own inner pavilion;
Word by word
- ēkaṁ
- first
- tāvad
- (tāvat) first
- vidēhasya
- when bodiless
- bhartur
- (bhartuḥ) my husband’s
- jīvō
- (jīvaḥ) life
- mama
- my
- ambikē
- mother
- asmād
- (asmāt) out of this
- ēva
- very
- hi
- indeed
- mā
- may not
- yāsīn
- (yāsīt) go
- nijā
- my own
- antaḥpura
- inner
- maṇḍapāt
- from the pavilion
Meaning
The commentary: Mother, the first boon is that when my husband's body falls, his jīva may not go out of this inner palace. The boon is precisely worded, and the tale will take her at her word.