Nagananda 1.6

1.6

rāgasyāspadamityavaimi na hi me dhvaṃsīti na pratyayaḥ
kṛtyākṛtyavicāraṇāsu vimukhaṃ ko vā na vetti kṣitau /
evaṃ nindyamapīdamindriyavaśaṃ prītyai bhaved yauvanaṃ
bhaktyā yāti yadītthameva pitarau śuśrūṣamāṇasya me //

O friend, Átreya, well do I know that youth is an abode of passion. I am certain that it is transient. Who in the world does not know that it is averse to investigation of right and wrong? Yet, worthless as it is, it may still be used for the attainment of the desired end, if it is thus spent by me, devotedly obeying my parents.