satyaṃ kiṃ tu smṛtijñānaṃ pūrvānubhavasaṃskṛteḥ
jātam apy ātmaniṣṭhaṃ tan nādyānubhavavedakam
— true (granted); — but, yet; — the cognition that is memory; — from the impression of the prior experience; — arisen, produced; — although; — residing in the (knowing) subject; — that (memory-cognition); — not; — making known the original experience
(Reply:) Granted; yet the cognition that is memory, although it arises from the impression of the prior experience and resides in the subject, does not by itself make known that original experience.