कोऽभवं प्रागहं तादृक्तृष्णानिगडयन्त्रितः ।अन्तरात्मानमेवेति विहसामि विकासवान्
In plain words
'Who was I before, such a one, held fast in the fetters of tṛṣṇā?' -- thus I laugh inwardly at my very self, blossoming open.
कोऽभवं प्रागहं तादृक्तृष्णानिगडयन्त्रितः ।अन्तरात्मानमेवेति विहसामि विकासवान्
'Who was I before, such a one, held fast in the fetters of tṛṣṇā?' -- thus I laugh inwardly at my very self, blossoming open.