The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Mohamudgaraḥ

Verse 8

का ते कान्ता कस्ते पुत्रःसंसारोऽयमतीव विचित्रः ।कस्य त्वं कः कुत आयात-स्तत्त्वं चिन्तय यदिदं भ्रातः ॥ ८ ॥

In plain words

Who is this woman you call your wife? Who is this boy you call your son? Saṃsāra is stranger than anything you have guessed. Whose are you? Who are you? Where did you come here from? Look into what all this really is, brother.

Close to the Sanskrit

Who is your wife? Who is your son? This saṃsāra is exceedingly strange. Whose are you? Who are you? From where have you come? Consider the truth of that which is this, brother.