Shatakatraya 3.73
Śatakatraya 3.73
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.73
gātraṃ saṅkucitaṃ gatir vigalitā bhraṣṭā ca dantāvalir
dṛṣṭir nakṣyati vardhate vadhiratā vaktraṃ ca lālāyate |
vākyaṃ nādriyate ca bāndhava-jano bhāryā na śuśrūṣate
hā kaṣṭaṃ puruṣasya jīrṇa-vayasaḥ putro 'py amitrāyate ||
The body is stooped, the gait has faltered, the row of teeth has fallen out, / eyesight is failing, deafness increases, and saliva trickles from the mouth; / kinfolk heed not one's word, one's wife offers no care, / and alas, for a man advanced in age, even his son acts like an enemy!
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit
- Bhartṛhariśataka — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit