अकल्प: स्वाङ्गचेष्टायां शकुन्त इव पञ्जरे । तत्र लब्धस्मृतिर्दैवात्कर्म जन्मशतोद्भवम् । स्मरन्दीर्घमनुच्छ्वासं शर्म किं नाम विन्दते ॥ ९ ॥
akalpah svanga-cestayam sakunta iva panjare tatra labdha-smrtir daivat karma janma-satodbhavam smaran dirgham anucchvasam sarma kim nama vindate
- akalpah
- unable
- sva-anga
- his limbs
- cestayam
- to move
- sakuntah
- a bird
- iva
- like
- panjare
- in a cage
- tatra
- there
- labdha-smrtih
- having gained his memory
- daivat
- by fortune
- karma
- activities
- janma-sata-udbhavam
- occurring during the last hundred births
- smaran
- remembering
- dirgham
- for a long time
- anucchvasam
- sighing
- sarma
- peace of mind
- kim
- what
- nama
- then
- vindate
- can he achieve.
The child thus remains just like a bird in a cage, without freedom of movement. At that time, if the child is fortunate, he can remember all the troubles of his past one hundred births, and he grieves wretchedly. What is the possibility of peace of mind in that condition?