[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Gnomic verse and anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita) › [Shatakatraya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya) › 3.50 # Shatakatraya 3.50 Śatakatraya 3.50 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.49) - [Next: 3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.51) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.50) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.47) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.50) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.50) · Pramāṇa