Uttarajjhayana 128.1.22_5

128.1.22_5

parijūrai te sarīrayaṃ | kesā paṇḍurayā havanti te /
se cakkhubale ya hāyaī | samayaṃ goyama mā pamāyae ||22||

When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your eyes decreases; Gautama, &c. (22)
When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your nose decreases. (23)
When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your tongue decreases. (24)
When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, the power of your touch decreases. (25)
When your body grows old, and your hair turns white, all your powers decrease. (26)
Despondency, the king's evil, cholera, mortal diseases of many kinds befall you; your body wastes and decays; Gautama, &c. (27)
Cast aside from you all attachments, as the (leaves of) a lotus let drop off the autumnal water, exempt from every attachment, Gautama, be careful all the while! (28)
Give up your wealth and your wife; you have entered the state of the houseless; do not, as it were, return to your vomit; Gautama, &c. (29)
Leave your friends and relations, the large fortune you have amassed; do not desire them a second time; Gautama, &c. (30)
There is now no Gina, but there is a highly esteemed guide to show the way; now being on the right path, Gautama, be careful all the while! (31)
Now you have entered on the path from which the thorns have been cleared, the great path; walk in the right path; Gautama, &c. (32)
Do not get into an uneven road like a weak burden-bearer; for you will repent of it afterwards; Gautama, &c. (33)