Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 7.5 / 14

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord7.5

7.5
स्मृतौ यैव स्वसंवित्तिः प्रमाणं स्वात्मसंभवे पूर्वानुभवसद्भावे साधनं सैव नापरम् ॥५॥
smṛtau yaiva svasaṃvittiḥ pramāṇaṃ svātmasaṃbhave pūrvānubhavasadbhāve sādhanaṃ saiva nāparam
— in memory ; — which alone ; — self-awareness ; — the means of valid knowledge ; — with regard to its own arising ; — with regard to the existence of the prior experience ; — the proof, the establishing means ; — it alone ; — not another

In memory, the very self-awareness that is the means of valid knowledge for its own arising is also the sole proof of the existence of the prior experience — it alone, and nothing else.