आत्मन: पितृपुत्राभ्यामनुमेयौ भवाप्ययौ । न भवाप्ययवस्तूनामभिज्ञो द्वयलक्षण: ॥ ४९ ॥
ātmanaḥ pitṛ-putrābhyām anumeyau bhavāpyayau na bhavāpyaya-vastūnām abhijño dvaya-lakṣaṇaḥ
- ātmanaḥ
- one’s own
- pitṛ
- from the father or ancestors
- putrābhyām
- and the son
- anumeyau
- can be surmised
- bhava
- birth
- apyayau
- and death
- na
- is no longer
- bhava-apyaya-vastūnām
- of all that is subject to generation and destruction
- abhijñaḥ
- one who is in proper knowledge
- dvaya
- by these dualities
- lakṣaṇaḥ
- characterized
By the death of one’s father or grandfather one can surmise one’s own death, and by the birth of one’s son one can understand the condition of one’s own birth. A person who thus realistically understands the creation and destruction of material bodies is no longer subject to these dualities.