अहं च तद्ब्रह्मकुले ऊषिवांस्तदुपेक्षया । दिग्देशकालाव्युत्पन्नो बालक: पञ्चहायन: ॥ ८ ॥
aham ca tad-brahma-kule usivams tad-upeksaya dig-desa-kalavyutpanno balakah panca-hayanah
- aham
- I
- ca
- also
- tat
- that
- brahma-kule
- in the school of the brahmanas
- usivan
- lived
- tat
- her
- upeksaya
- being dependent on
- dik-desa
- direction and country
- kala
- time
- avyutpannah
- having no experience
- balakah
- a mere child
- panca
- five
- hayanah
- years old.
When I was a mere child of five years, I lived in a brahmana school. I was dependent on my mother’s affection and had no experience of different lands.