ततस्तत्सदनं यावन्मृत्युः प्रविशति स्वयम् । तावदेनं दहत्यग्निः कल्पान्तज्वलनोपमः ॥ ६ ॥
tatastatsadanaṁ yāvanmṛtyuḥ praviśati svayam | tāvadēnaṁ dahatyagniḥ kalpāntajvalanōpamaḥ || 6 ||
Translation
As soon as Death himself entered that house, a fire like the blaze at the end of an age began to burn him.
Word by word
- tatas
- (tataḥ) then
- tat
- that
- sadanaṁ
- house
- yāvan
- (yāvat) as soon as
- mṛtyuḥ
- Death
- praviśati
- entered
- svayam
- himself
- tāvad
- (tāvat) then
- ēnaṁ
- him
- dahati
- began to burn
- agniḥ
- a fire
- kalpa
- of an age
- anta
- at the end
- jvalana
- the blaze
- upamaḥ
- like
Meaning
The commentary explains the fire: Brahmā had set it round himself as a wall, to keep off whatever might disturb his absorption, and it is like the fire that ends a world. The other commentary says the same. Death meets first not the brahmin but the guard of his stillness; one who rests in meditation is not easily reached.