Shatakatraya 3.46

3.46

nābhyastā prativādi-vṛnda-damanī vidyā vinītocitā
khaḍgāgraiḥ kari-kumbha-pīṭha-dalanair nākaṃ na nītaṃ yaśaḥ |
kāntākomala-pallavādhara-rasaḥ pīto na candrodaye
tāruṇyaṃ gatam eva niṣphalam aho śūnyālaye dīpavat ||

Learning suitable for the disciplined, which subdues throngs of opponents, was not studied; / fame was not raised to heaven by sword-tips cleaving the frontal lobes of elephants; / the nectar of a beloved's tender sprout-like lower lip was not drunk at moonrise: / youth has passed away entirely in vain, alas, like a lamp in an empty house.