6.
Yavat - until
Pavana - the breath
Nivasati - stays
Dehe - in the body
Tavat - till then
Kushalam - the well-being/ welfare
Pruchchati – enquire
Gehe – in the house
Gatavati - leaves the body
Vayau - the breath
Deha apaye - when the body falls off /
soul departs
Bharya - the wife
Bibhyati - is afraid
Tasmin - of the same
Kaye - body
Until one stays healthy and breathes
(stays alive) everybody enquires about his well-being. But when the vital air
leaves the body, the same body which gave different kinds of experiences ,
becomes the object of fear even for one's own dear wife.
In the previous stanza Acharya showed
us the futility of the love and affection showered on us by the family members.
Now here to give us the thoughts for greater dispassion, he points out that
even the love and affection or recognition
which is shown by the relatives is very superficial. Because, the same body
which was once the object of love or affection becomes the object of dread or
fear when the prana leaves the body. The same body which was referred as Ram or
Devi or as He or She is now referred as
That or This.
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