योपयाति शनैर्माया योषिद्देवविनिर्मिता । तामीक्षेतात्मनो मृत्युं तृणै: कूपमिवावृतम् ॥ ४० ॥
yopayati sanair maya yosid deva-vinirmita tam iksetatmano mrtyum trnaih kupam ivavrtam
- ya
- she who
- upayati
- approaches
- sanaih
- slowly
- maya
- representation of maya
- yosit
- woman
- deva
- by the Lord
- vinirmita
- created
- tam
- her
- ikseta
- one must regard
- atmanah
- of the soul
- mrtyum
- death
- trnaih
- with grass
- kupam
- a well
- iva
- like
- avrtam
- covered.
The woman, created by the Lord, is the representation of maya, and one who associates with such maya by accepting services must certainly know that this is the way of death, just like a blind well covered with grass.