A History of Sanskrit Literature c15.s1.18

c15.s1.18

‘To man is allotted a span of a hundred years; half of that passes in sleep; of the other half, one-half is spent in childhood and old age; the rest is passed in service with illness, separation, and pain as companions. How can mortals find joy in life that is like the bubbles on the waves of the sea?’ The acts of man’s life are finely depicted in a manner in its own way as finished as Shakespeare’s: