Udanavarga 1.22

1.22

「老則色衰，所病自壞，形敗腐朽，
命終其然。是身何用？恒漏臭處，
為病所困，有老死患。嗜欲自恣，
非法是增，不見聞變，壽命無常。
非有子恃，亦非父兄，為死所迫，
無親可怙。」

“Old age brings with it loss of all bodily attraction; through decay and disease a man perishes; his body bent, and his flesh withered, this is the end of life. What use is this body when it lies rotting beside the flowings of the Ganges? It is but the prison-house of disease, and of the pains of old age and death. To delight in pleasure, and to be greedy after self-indulgence, is but to increase the load of sin, forgetting the great change that must come, and the inconstancy of human life. With no son to depend upon, without father or brother; Death pressing at the door—without a friend (relation) to look to for aid.”