यद्ययं क्रियते भक्ष्यस्तर्हि मां खाद पूर्वत: । न जीविष्ये विना येन क्षणं च मृतकं यथा ॥ ३२ ॥
yady ayam kriyate bhaksyas tarhi mam khada purvatah na jivisye vina yena ksanam ca mrtakam yatha
- yadi
- if
- ayam
- this brahmana
- kriyate
- is accepted
- bhaksyah
- as eatable
- tarhi
- then
- mam
- me
- khada
- eat
- purvatah
- before that
- na
- not
- jivisye
- I shall live
- vina
- without
- yena
- whom (my husband)
- ksanam ca
- even for a moment
- mrtakam
- a dead body
- yatha
- like.
Without my husband, I cannot live for a moment. If you want to eat my husband, it would be better to eat me first, for without my husband I am as good as a dead body.