Shatakatraya 3.35

3.35

bhogā megha-vitāna-madhya-vilasat-saudāminī-cañcalā
āyur vāyu-vighaṭṭitābja-paṭalī-līnāmbuvad bhaṅguram |
līlā yauvana-lālasās tanubhṛtām ity ākalayya drutaṃ
yoge dhairya-samādhi-siddhi-sulabhe buddhiṃ vidadhvaṃ budhāḥ ||

Sensual pleasures are as flicker-brief as lightning flashing amid a bank of clouds; / life is transient like water resting on a lotus leaf shaken by the wind; / the sports of youth and their yearnings are fleeting for embodied beings. Realizing this at once, / wise men, fix your mind on yoga, which easily yields the attainment of fortitude and deep absorption!