Shatakatraya 3.49
Śatakatraya 3.49
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- Sanskrit
3.49
āyur varṣa-śataṃ nṝṇāṃ parimitaṃ rātrau tad-ardhaṃ gataṃ
tasyārdhasya parasya cārdham aparaṃ bālatva-vṛddhatvayoḥ |
śeṣaṃ vyādhi-viyoga-duḥkha-sahitaṃ sevādibhir nīyate
jīve vārita-raṅga-cañcalatare saukhyaṃ kutaḥ prāṇinām ||
The lifespan allotted to men is one hundred years; half of that is spent in the night; / of the remaining half, another half is spent in childhood and old age; / the rest, accompanied by disease, bereavement, and sorrow, is passed in servitude and the like. / When life is more unsteady than a ripple of water, how can there be happiness for living beings?
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Linked texts (4)
- Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit
- Rājanītiśāstra — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit
- Bhartṛhariśataka — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit