तावद्य गृहमुत्सृज्य सपुत्रपशुबान्धवम् । स्वर्गं गतौ नः पितरौ तेन शून्यं जगत्त्रयम् ॥ २४ ॥
tāvadya gṛhamutsṛjya saputrapaśubāndhavam | svargaṁ gatau naḥ pitarau tēna śūnyaṁ jagattrayam || 24 ||
Translation
Today those two, our parents, have left the house, with sons, cattle and kin, and gone to heaven: so the three worlds are empty.
Word by word
- tāv
- (tau) those two
- adya
- today
- gṛham
- the house
- utsṛjya
- have left
- sa
- with
- putra
- sons
- paśu
- cattle
- bāndhavam
- and kin
- svargaṁ
- to heaven
- gatau
- gone
- naḥ
- our
- pitarau
- parents
- tēna
- so
- śūnyaṁ
- empty
- jagat
- worlds
- trayam
- the three
Meaning
To the son, the loss of his parents empties the whole universe.