Verse 5.4.12

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

यदात्थ मे त्वं शपथं न मन्यसे
द्वितीय-वारं प्रददामि वाक्-पथं
प्राणो ऽधरे गन्तुम् अतीव-विह्वलः
कर्पूर-धूलेः कणवद् गमिष्यति

yadāttha me tvaṃ śapathaṃ na manyase
dvitīya-vāraṃ pradadāmi vāk-pathaṃ
prāṇo 'dhare gantum atīva-vihvalaḥ
karpūra-dhūleḥ kaṇavad gamiṣyati

yadā—when; attha—You said; me—to Me; tvam—You; śapatham—vow; na—not; manyase—think; dvitīya-vāram—a second time; pradadāmi—I give; vāk—of words; patham—the path; prāṇaḥ—life-breath; adhare—on the lips; gantum—to go; atīva-vihvalaḥ—very agitated; karpūra-dhūleḥ—of a speck of camphor; kaṇavat—like a single grain; gamiṣyati—will go.

English translation of verse 5.4.12:

If You no not believe I will keep this vow, I say it for a second time: The anxious breath that appears on these lips will be extinguished like a speck of camphor devoured by a flame.

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