भर्त्रा सह शवीभूता देहमुत्सृज्य दूरतः । आतिवाहिकदेहेन भर्तारं समुपाययौ ॥ २६ ॥
bhartrā saha śavībhūtā dēhamutsṛjya dūrataḥ | ātivāhikadēhēna bhartāraṁ samupāyayau || 26 ||
Translation
Becoming a corpse with her husband, leaving her body far behind, she reached her husband in her conveying body.
Word by word
- bhartrā
- her husband
- saha
- with
- śavībhūtā
- becoming a corpse
- dēham
- her body
- utsṛjya
- leaving
- dūrataḥ
- far behind
- ātivāhika
- conveying
- dēhēna
- in her body
- bhartāraṁ
- her husband
- samupāyayau
- she reached
Meaning
The commentary: dying with her husband, she left her body and reached him in her subtle body, the mental body able to reach the other world. The ātivāhika is the conveying body of 3.13.