तत्तु कालस्य दीर्घत्वात् स्त्रीत्वान्मातुस्तिरोदधे । ऋषिणानुगृहीतं मां नाधुनाप्यजहात्स्मृति: ॥ १६ ॥
tat tu kalasya dirghatvat stritvan matus tirodadhe rsinanugrhitam mam nadhunapy ajahat smrtih
- tat
- that (instruction on religion and knowledge)
- tu
- indeed
- kalasya
- of time
- dirghatvat
- because of the longness
- stritvat
- because of being a woman
- matuh
- of my mother
- tirodadhe
- disappeared
- rsina
- by the sage
- anugrhitam
- being blessed
- mam
- me
- na
- not
- adhuna
- today
- api
- even
- ajahat
- left
- smrtih
- the memory (of Narada Muni’s instructions).
Because of the long duration of time that has passed and because of her being a woman and therefore less intelligent, my mother has forgotten all those instructions; but the great sage Narada blessed me, and therefore I could not forget them.