चिरमालोकयामास स तदात्मगृहं जवात् ।प्राक्तनं शुष्कशवतां यातं देहमिवात्मवान्
In plain words
For a long while he gazed eagerly at that house of his own, as one who is master of himself (ātmavān) might gaze upon his own former body, gone now to a dried corpse.