Paumacariya 29.24

29.24

jē vi mahaṁ āsi purā, dantā varakuḍayakusumasaṁkāsā
tē vi jaravaḍḍaïkayā, paḍiyā araya va tumbāō

My teeth, which formerly resembled fine kuṭaja blossoms, / loosened by the carpenter of old age, have fallen out like spokes from a nave.