ग्रहीतुं युज्यते व्योम न कदाचन केनचित् । श्रुत्वैतद्विस्मितो मृत्युर्जगाम निजमन्दिरम् ॥ ४४ ॥
grahītuṁ yujyatē vyōma na kadācana kēnacit | śrutvaitadvismitō mṛtyurjagāma nijamandiram || 44 ||
Translation
Space can never be seized by anyone." Hearing this, Death was astonished, and went to his own house.
Word by word
- grahītuṁ
- be seized
- yujyatē
- can
- vyōma
- space
- na
- not
- kadācana
- ever
- kēnacit
- by anyone
- śrutvā
- hearing
- ētad
- (etat) this
- vismitō
- (vismitaḥ) was astonished
- mṛtyur
- (mṛtyuḥ) Death
- jagāma
- went
- nija
- to his own
- mandiram
- house
Meaning
The story ends simply. Death does not argue further; he is astonished, and goes home. Astonishment is the right answer to what Yama said: the power that takes all bodies meets what is not a body. The commentary keeps to the plain sense.