ब्राह्मण उवाच का त्वं कस्यासि को वायं शयानो यस्य शोचसि । जानासि किं सखायं मां येनाग्रे विचचर्थ ह ॥ ५२ ॥
brahmana uvaca ka tvam kasyasi ko vayam sayano yasya socasi janasi kim sakhayam mam yenagre vicacartha ha
- brahmanah uvaca
- the learned brahmana said
- ka
- who
- tvam
- you
- kasya
- whose
- asi
- are you
- kah
- who
- va
- or
- ayam
- this man
- sayanah
- lying down
- yasya
- for whom
- socasi
- you are lamenting
- janasi kim
- do you know
- sakhayam
- friend
- mam
- Me
- yena
- with whom
- agre
- formerly
- vicacartha
- you consulted
- ha
- certainly.
The brahmana inquired as follows: Who are you? Whose wife or daughter are you? Who is the man lying here? It appears you are lamenting for this dead body. Don’t you recognize Me? I am your eternal friend. You may remember that many times in the past you have consulted Me.