Shatakatraya 3.49

English (machine translation) 3.49

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3.49

The lifespan allotted to men is one hundred years; half of that is spent in the night; / of the remaining half, another half is spent in childhood and old age; / the rest, accompanied by disease, bereavement, and sorrow, is passed in servitude and the like. / When life is more unsteady than a ripple of water, how can there be happiness for living beings?

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Śatakatraya — Bhartṛhari (poet), Sanskrit