एतावन्तमहं कालं त्वां ज्ञात्वा जीवदास्थिति ।श्लिष्टः प्रभूतसङ्गासु चिरं संसृतिरात्रिषु
In plain words
For all that time, taking you to be alive and enduring, I remained fast bound, clinging amid abundant attachments, through the long nights of saṃsāra.