तस्मादेतस्य विप्रस्य मारणीयस्य यत्नतः । कर्माण्यन्विष्य तेषां त्वं साहाय्येनैनमत्स्यसि ॥ ११ ॥
tasmādētasya viprasya māraṇīyasya yatnataḥ | karmāṇyanviṣya tēṣāṁ tvaṁ sāhāyyēnainamatsyasi || 11 ||
Translation
So search out with care the actions of this brahmin you would kill; with their help you will eat him."
Word by word
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) so
- ētasya
- of this
- viprasya
- brahmin
- māraṇīyasya
- you would kill
- yatnataḥ
- with care
- karmāṇi
- the actions
- anviṣya
- search out
- tēṣāṁ
- their
- tvaṁ
- you
- sāhāyyēna
- with the help
- ēnam
- him
- atsyasi
- will eat
Meaning
Yama sends Death on an inquiry. The commentary: if you wish to kill him, look for his actions with care; with their help you can eat him. The search that follows is the search any of us might make for the self that can die: where are the deeds that bind it?