स्वगृहाभ्यन्तराकाशे चित्ताकाशमयात्मनि । तस्मिन् द्विजे शवीभूते भूताकाशशरीरिणि ॥ २४ ॥
svagṛhābhyantarākāśē cittākāśamayātmani | tasmin dvijē śavībhūtē bhūtākāśaśarīriṇi || 24 ||
Translation
When that brahmin had become a corpse, his body the space of the elements, in the self made of the space of mind, in the space within his own house,
Word by word
- sva
- his own
- gṛha
- of house
- abhyantara
- within
- ākāśē
- in the space
- citta
- of mind
- ākāśa
- of the space; the space
- maya
- made
- ātmani
- in the self
- tasmin
- that
- dvijē
- brahmin
- śavībhūtē
- had become a corpse
- bhūta
- of the elements
- śarīriṇi
- his body
Meaning
The commentary: when the brahmin died, in the space inside his house, in the Brahman-space conditioned by impressions, his body being of elemental space. The sentence runs into the next verse.