[vairagya-48]
वयं येभ्यो जाताश्चिरपरिचिता एव खलु तेसमं यैः संवृद्दाः स्मृतिविषयतां तेऽपि गमिताः ।इदानीमेते स्मः प्रतिदिवसमासन्नपतनागतास्तुल्यावस्थां सिकतिलनदीतीरतरुभिः ॥४८॥vayaṃ yebhyo jātāściraparicitā eva khalu tesamaṃ yaiḥ saṃvṛddāḥ smṛtiviṣayatāṃ te'pi gamitāḥ |idānīmete smaḥ pratidivasamāsannapatanāgatāstulyāvasthāṃ sikatilanadītīratarubhiḥ ||48||
Translation
Those from whom we were born were known to us long back (in time). Those who grew along with us have become just memories. Now in this old age, expecting death every day, we have become equal to the trees standing on the (loose) sandy bank of the river (ready to fall anytime). ॥ 48 ॥