Bhojaprabandha 56

56

With the learned and with the fool, with the strong and with the weak, / with the lord and with the pauper—death is equal everywhere. (54) / Even for a single twinkling of an eye, your passing lifespan does not pause; / therefore, among these impermanent bodies, one should acquire glory alone. (55) / Do the virtuous count even that as life among the lives of men, / which is devoid of knowledge, valor, the arts, family modesty, generosity, and enjoyment, and is utterly useless? (56)"