जिजीविषे नाहमिहामुया कि- मन्तर्बहिश्चावृतयेभयोन्या । इच्छामि कालेन न यस्य विप्लव- स्तस्यात्मलोकावरणस्य मोक्षम् ॥ २५ ॥
jijivise naham ihamuya kim antar bahis cavrtayebha-yonya icchami kalena na yasya viplavas tasyatma-lokavaranasya moksam
- jijivise
- wish to live long
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- iha
- in this life
- amuya
- or in the next life (I do not wish to live upon being saved from this dangerous position)
- kim
- what is the value
- antah
- internally
- bahih
- externally
- ca
- and
- avrtaya
- covered by ignorance
- ibha-yonya
- in this birth as an elephant
- icchami
- I desire
- kalena
- because of the influence of time
- na
- there is not
- yasya
- of which
- viplavah
- annihilation
- tasya
- that
- atma-loka-avaranasya
- from the covering of self-realization
- moksam
- liberation
I do not wish to live anymore after I am released from the attack of the crocodile. What is the use of an elephant’s body covered externally and internally by ignorance? I simply desire eternal liberation from the covering of ignorance. That covering is not destroyed by the influence of time.