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agre kasyacidasti kaṃcidabhitaḥ kenāpi pṛṣṭe kṛtaḥ saṃsāraḥ śiśubhāvayauvanajarābhārāvatārādayam /
bālastaṃ bahu manyatāmasulabhaṃ prāptaṃ yuvā sevatāṃ vṛddhastadviṣyādbahiṣkṛta iva vyāvṛtya kiṃ paśyati //

For someone it is ahead, around someone, put behind by another: / this transmigratory existence, through childhood, youth, and the descent of the burden of old age. / Let the child esteem it greatly, let the youth enjoy what is obtained and hard to get; / why does the old man look back, turned away as if expelled from its domain?