That lady cheated me so much that I was not aware of the sun’s existence, since I slept while the sun rose and set. Alas, for so many years I passed my days in vain! His loss of memory is described. When the sun set I was sleeping, and when the sun rose, I was sleeping. I was not aware whether the sun existed or not. Sūryaḥ should actually be in the accusative case. The third person of the verb veda is poetic license. Amara-koṣa says: supte yasminn astam eti supte yasminn udeti ca | aṁśumān abhinirmuktābhyuditau ca yathā-kramam || Ahinirmukta means a person who sleeps while the sun sets, and abhyudita means a person who sleeps while the sun rises. Why was he unaware? He was cheated by Urvaśi. His discrimination had been stolen by her. Bata indicates lamentation. I did not know the days of many years had passed.