अथ मनोऽत्यवहत् ; तद्यदा मृत्युमत्य-मुच्यत स चन्द्रमा अभवत् ; सोऽसौचन्द्रः परेण मृत्युमतिक्रान्तो भात्येवँह वा एनमेषा देवता मृत्युमतिवहतिय एवं वेद ॥ १६ ॥
In plain words
Next, the mind reached beyond; when it was freed from death, it became the moon. That very moon in the sky shines, having left death far behind. Indeed, this deity carries the one who knows thus across death itself.
Close to the Sanskrit
Now the mind carried beyond; when that was freed from death, it became the moon; that yonder moon shines, having transcended death. Verily thus this deity carries this one across death, who knows thus.