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तत्तु कालस्य दीर्घत्वात् स्त्रीत्वान्मातुस्तिरोदधे ।
ऋषिणानुगृहीतं मां नाधुनाप्यजहात्स्मृतिः ॥ १६ ॥
 
tat tu kalasya dirghatvat
stritvan matus tirodadhe
rsinanugrhitam mam
nadhunapy ajahat smrtih
tat-that (instruction on religion and knowledge); tu-indeed; kalasya-of time; dirghatvat-because of the longness; stritvat-because of being a woman; matuh-of my mother; tirodadhe-disappeared; rsina-by the sage; anugrhitam-being blessed; mam-me; na-not; adhuna-today; api-even; ajahat-left; smrtih-the memory (of Narada Muni's instructions).