Shatakatraya 3.9
Śatakatraya 3.9
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- Sanskrit
3.9
nivṛttā bhogecchā puruṣa-bahu-māno 'pi galitaḥ
samānāḥ svar-yātāḥ sapadi suhṛdo jīvita-samāḥ |
śanair yaṣṭy utthānaṃ ghana-timira-ruddhe ca nayane
aho mūḍhaḥ kāyas tad api maraṇāpāya-cakitaḥ ||
Desire for sensual pleasures has ceased; the high regard of men has slipped away;
equals and friends, dear as life itself, have suddenly gone to heaven;
one rises slowly with a cane, and both eyes are blocked by thick darkness:
alas! Yet this foolish body trembles in terror of death's approach!
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit
- Bhartṛhariśataka — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit