उत्सर्पयंस्तु तं मूर्ध्नि क्रमेणावेश्य नि:स्पृह: । वायुं वायौ क्षितौ कायं तेजस्तेजस्ययूयुजत् ॥ १५ ॥
utsarpayams tu tam murdhni kramenavesya nihsprhah vayum vayau ksitau kayam tejas tejasy ayuyujat
- utsarpayan
- thus placing
- tu
- but
- tam
- the air
- murdhni
- on the head
- kramena
- gradually
- avesya
- placing
- nihsprhah
- being freed from all material desires
- vayum
- the air portion of the body
- vayau
- in the total air covering the universe
- ksitau
- in the total covering of earth
- kayam
- this material body
- tejah
- the fire in the body
- tejasi
- in the total fire of the material covering
- ayuyujat
- mixed.
In this way, Prthu Maharaja gradually raised his air of life up to the hole in his skull, whereupon he lost all desire for material existence. Gradually he merged his air of life with the totality of air, his body with the totality of earth, and the fire within his body with the totality of fire.