पुष्पाणि म्लानिमेष्यन्ति नो न चैष विनङ्क्ष्यति । भूयश्च तव भर्तृत्वमचिरेण करिष्यति ॥ २ ॥
puṣpāṇi mlānimēṣyanti nō na caiṣa vinaṅkṣyati | bhūyaśca tava bhartṛtvamacirēṇa kariṣyati || 2 ||
Translation
The flowers will not wither, nor will he decay; and before long he will be your husband once more.
Word by word
- puṣpāṇi
- the flowers
- mlānim
- withering
- ēṣyanti
- will come to
- nō
- not
- na
- nor
- ca
- and
- ēṣa
- he
- vinaṅkṣyati
- will decay
- bhūyaś
- (bhūyaḥ) once more
- tava
- your
- bhartṛtvam
- husband
- acirēṇa
- before long
- kariṣyati
- will be
Meaning
The commentary: neither will the flowers wilt nor will this body perish; soon he will be your husband again. The goddess's power holds the world of objects still while the real journey happens elsewhere.