एषा माता पिता ह्येष बालोऽभूवमहं त्विति । नाऽनुभूतोऽनुभूतो वा यः स्यात्स्मृतिमयः क्रमः ॥ ४९ ॥
ēṣā mātā pitā hyēṣa bālō’bhūvamahaṁ tviti | nā’nubhūtō’nubhūtō vā yaḥ syātsmṛtimayaḥ kramaḥ || 49 ||
Translation
"This is my mother, this my father, and I was a child": the course made of memory, whether experienced or not,
Word by word
- ēṣā
- this
- mātā
- mother
- pitā
- father
- hy
- (hi) indeed
- ēṣa
- this
- bālō
- (bālaḥ) a child
- abhūvam
- was
- ahaṁ
- I
- tu
- and
- iti
- thus
- na
- not
- anubhūtō
- (anubhūtaḥ) experienced
- vā
- or
- yaḥ
- which
- syāt
- is
- smṛti
- of memory
- mayaḥ
- made
- kramaḥ
- the course
Meaning
The commentary: the course of memory, whether of what was experienced or not, arises afterward. The sentence runs into the next verse: even a past one never lived is "remembered".