अत्र मे संस्थितो भर्ता जीवाकाशतयाऽऽकृतिः । चतुःसमुद्रपर्यन्तमेखलाया भुवः पतिः ॥ ३२ ॥
atra mē saṁsthitō bhartā jīvākāśatayā’’kṛtiḥ | catuḥsamudraparyantamēkhalāyā bhuvaḥ patiḥ || 32 ||
Translation
Here my husband stayed, his form only the space of the living soul, the lord of the earth girdled by the four seas.
Word by word
- atra
- here
- mē
- my
- saṁsthitō
- stayed
- bhartā
- husband
- jīva
- of the living soul
- ākāśatayā
- only the space
- ākṛtiḥ
- his form
- catuḥ
- four
- samudra
- by the seas
- paryanta
- bounded
- mēkhalāyā
- girdled
- bhuvaḥ
- of the earth
- patiḥ
- the lord
Meaning
After death the brahmin's body was burned; what remained was the jīva, the living soul, which is no more than a space of awareness holding its tendencies. Another commentary: though he was actionless as that space, here he stayed and became lord of the earth. He is King Padma, and after him Vidūratha, whose world Līlā has seen. The whole kingdom "girdled by the four seas" is inside this one hall.