सुयज्ञो नन्वयं शेते मूढा यमनुशोचथ । य: श्रोता योऽनुवक्तेह स न दृश्येत कर्हिचित् ॥ ४४ ॥
suyajno nanv ayam sete mudha yam anusocatha yah srota yo ’nuvakteha sa na drsyeta karhicit
- suyajnah
- the king named Suyajna
- nanu
- indeed
- ayam
- this
- sete
- lies
- mudhah
- O foolish people
- yam
- whom
- anusocatha
- you cry for
- yah
- he who
- srota
- the hearer
- yah
- he who
- anuvakta
- the speaker
- iha
- in this world
- sah
- he
- na
- not
- drsyeta
- is visible
- karhicit
- at any time.
Yamaraja continued: O lamenters, you are all fools! The person named Suyajna, for whom you lament, is still lying before you and has not gone anywhere. Then what is the cause for your lamentation? Previously he heard you and replied to you, but now, not finding him, you are lamenting. This is contradictory behavior, for you have never actually seen the person within the body who heard you and replied. There is no need for your lamentation, for the body you have always seen is lying here.