अग्निज्वालामहामालां विदार्याऽन्तर्गतो ह्यसौ । द्विजं दृष्ट्वा समादातुं हस्तेनैच्छत्प्रयत्नतः ॥ ७ ॥
agnijvālāmahāmālāṁ vidāryā’ntargatō hyasau | dvijaṁ dṛṣṭvā samādātuṁ hastēnaicchatprayatnataḥ || 7 ||
Translation
Tearing through the great garland of flames, he went inside, saw the brahmin, and tried with all his effort to take hold of him with his hand.
Word by word
- agni
- of flames
- jvālā
- of fire
- mahā
- the great
- mālāṁ
- garland
- vidārya
- tearing through
- antar
- (antaḥ) inside
- gatō
- (gataḥ) he went
- hy
- (hi) indeed
- asau
- he
- dvijaṁ
- the brahmin
- dṛṣṭvā
- saw
- samādātuṁ
- to take hold of
- hastēna
- with his hand
- aicchat
- tried
- prayatnataḥ
- with all his effort
Meaning
Death is not stopped by the fire; force can pass through force. He is inside, the brahmin is before his eyes, and he reaches out. What follows is the turn of the story: seeing is not grasping.