ममैव नूनं मरणं न विद्यते
न चावकाऽशोस्ति यमक्षयेऽमम।
यदन्तकोऽद्यैव न मां जिहीर्षति।
प्रसह्य सिंहो रुदतीं मृगीमिव।।2.20.50।।
न चावकाऽशोस्ति यमक्षयेऽमम।
यदन्तकोऽद्यैव न मां जिहीर्षति।
प्रसह्य सिंहो रुदतीं मृगीमिव।।2.20.50।।
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सिंहः lion, रुदतीम् crying, मृगीमिव like a female deer, माम् myself, अन्तकः Yama, (the god of death), प्रसह्य forcibly, अद्यैव now itself, यत् since, न जिहीर्षति is not willing to carry, मम to me, नूनम् certainly, मरणम् death, न विद्यते does not befall, मम for me, यमक्षये in the abode of (the god of death), Yama, अवकाशः opportunity, नास्ति not there.
सिंहः lion, रुदतीम् crying, मृगीमिव like a female deer, माम् myself, अन्तकः Yama, (the god of death), प्रसह्य forcibly, अद्यैव now itself, यत् since, न जिहीर्षति is not willing to carry, मम to me, नूनम् certainly, मरणम् death, न विद्यते does not befall, मम for me, यमक्षये in the abode of (the god of death), Yama, अवकाशः opportunity, नास्ति not there.
There is no room for me in the abode of Yama (the god of death). If he does not
carry me off forcibly like a lion carrying away a crying female deer, certainly there is no death for me.