कृमिविड्भस्मनिष्ठान्तं क्वेदं तुच्छं कलेवरम् । क्व तदीयरतिर्भार्या क्वायमात्मा नभश्छदि: ॥ १३ ॥
krmi-vid-bhasma-nisthantam kvedam tuccham kalevaram kva tadiya-ratir bharya kvayam atma nabhas-chadih
- krmi
- insects, germs
- vit
- stool
- bhasma
- ashes
- nistha
- attachment
- antam
- at the end
- kva
- what is
- idam
- this (body)
- tuccham
- very insignificant
- kalevaram
- material tabernacle
- kva
- what is that
- tadiya-ratih
- attraction for that body
- bharya
- wife
- kva ayam
- what is the value of this body
- atma
- the Supreme Soul
- nabhah-chadih
- all-pervading like the sky.
Through proper deliberation, one should give up attraction to his wife’s body because that body will ultimately be transformed into small insects, stool or ashes. What is the value of this insignificant body? How much greater is the Supreme Being, who is all-pervading like the sky?