Shatakatraya 3.72

3.72

yato meruḥ śrīmān nipatati yugāntāgni-valitaḥ
samudrāḥ śuṣyanti pracura-makara-grāha-nilayāḥ |
dharā gacchaty antaṃ dharaṇi-dhara-pādair api dhṛtā
śarīre kā vārtā karikalabha-karṇāgra-capale ||

Since even glorious Mount Meru falls, engulfed by the fires at the end of an eon, / and oceans dry up, though home to multitudes of makaras and sea-monsters, / and the earth goes to ruin, even held by the feet of mountains, / what can be said of the body, unsteady as the tip of a young elephant's ear?