Shatakatraya 3.50
Śatakatraya 3.50
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- Sanskrit
3.50
kṣaṇaṃ bālo bhūtvā kṣaṇam pai yuvā kāma-rasikaḥ
kṣaṇaṃ vittair hīnaḥ kṣaṇam api ca sampūrṇa-vibhavaḥ |
jarā-jīrṇair aṅgair naṭa iva balī-maṇḍita-tanūr
naraḥ saṃsārānte viśati yamadhānīya-vanikām ||
A child for a moment, for a moment a youth relishing desire, / for a moment destitute of wealth, and for a moment abundant in splendor, / with limbs worn out by old age, his body adorned with wrinkles like an actor, / man enters the curtain of the city of Yama at the end of the cycle of worldly existence.
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Linked texts (2)
- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit
- Bhartṛhariśataka — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit