Manava Dharmashastra 6.77

6.77

jarā ca carame vayasi śarīrāpacayaheturavasthāviśeṣaḥ | āturaṃ nityagṛhītaṃ rogaiḥ | rajasvalaṃ spṛhayālu sarvapadārtheṣu, tatsaṃpattyāṃ ca mahadduḥkhaṃ sarvasminsoḍhe apratīkāramanivartyam | ata etadavekṣya tyajedidaṃ śarīram | bhūtānāṃ bhūvikārāṇāṃ medomajjāśleṣmamūtraśukraśoṇitānāmayaṃ vāsaste hyatra vasanti nātmano'yaṃ vāsaḥ sarvagatatvāttasya | atastṛṣṇā śarīre na kartavyā |

(verse 6.77)
‘Wrinkles’—indicates a peculiar state of the body in old age, due to its decrepitude.

‘Harassed’—ever beset with diseases.

‘Sullied with passions’—i.e., harbouring desires, the non-fulfilment of which brings irremediable unbearable pain.

Realising all this the man ‘shall discard’ this body, which is the abode of ‘material substances’—the products of the Earth, in the form of fat, marrow, phlegm, urine, semen and blood;—it cannot be the abode of the Soul; because this is all-pervading. For all these reasons one should not cherish any affection for the body.—(77.)