अत्राऽसौ भर्तृजीवो मे स्थितो व्योम्नि गृहे नृपः । अदृश्यः खे यथा वायुरामोदो वाऽनिले यथा ॥ ३५ ॥
atrā’sau bhartṛjīvō mē sthitō vyōmni gṛhē nṛpaḥ | adṛśyaḥ khē yathā vāyurāmōdō vā’nilē yathā || 35 ||
Translation
Here my husband's living soul stays as a king, in the space of the house, unseen, as the wind is in the sky, or a fragrance in the wind.
Word by word
- atra
- here
- asau
- this
- bhartṛ
- husband's
- jīvō
- living soul
- mē
- my
- sthitō
- stays
- vyōmni
- in the space
- gṛhē
- of the house
- nṛpaḥ
- as a king
- adṛśyaḥ
- unseen
- khē
- in the sky
- yathā
- as
- vāyur
- (vāyuḥ) the wind
- āmōdō
- a fragrance
- vā
- or
- anilē
- in the wind
Meaning
The images say both "there" and "not seen": the wind is real but has no shape in the sky; fragrance is carried in the wind without being seen. So the king is truly present in the house's space, and no one weeping in the house can find him.