अन्तर्द्धिमाजगामाऽस्याः पत्युस्तच्चेतनं तनौ । संदह्यमानमेवाऽऽशु शुष्कपत्ररसो यथा ॥ ४४ ॥
antarddhimājagāmā’syāḥ patyustaccētanaṁ tanau | saṁdahyamānamēvā’’śu śuṣkapatrarasō yathā || 44 ||
Translation
the awareness of her husband vanished from his body, quickly, as if burnt away, like the sap of a dry leaf.
Word by word
- antarddhim
- to vanishing
- ājagāma
- came
- asyāḥ
- her
- patyus
- (patyuḥ) husband’s
- tac
- (tat) that
- cētanaṁ
- awareness
- tanau
- in the body
- saṁdahyamānam
- burnt away
- ēva
- as if
- āśu
- quickly
- śuṣka
- dry
- patra
- of a leaf
- rasō
- (rasaḥ) the sap
- yathā
- like
Meaning
The commentary: as time passed, as the sap goes from a drying leaf, the awareness in her husband's body vanished before her eyes. Death is told as the drying of a leaf: no drama, only the sap gone.