अनुपश्य यथा पूर्वे प्रतिपश्य तथाऽपरे । सस्यमिव मर्त्यः पच्यते सस्यमिवाजायते पुनः ॥ ६॥

anupaśya yathā pūrve pratipaśya tathā'pare । sasyamiva martyaḥ pacyate sasyamivājāyate punaḥ ॥ 6॥

anu = successively, paśya = consider, have a look at; yathā = how; your, pūrve = forebears, etc. behaved. Tathā = similarly too; as apare = others - other sages behave; them also; you prati-paśya = consider; martyah = humans; sasyam iva = like corn, pacyate = decays and dies; and after dying, punaḥ = again; sasyam iva jāyate = reappears (is born) again like corn.