Verse 50

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
Description of the Greatness of Kaala (Time/Death)कालमहिमानुवर्णनम्
Chhanda
Śikhariṇīशिखरिणी

[vairagya-50]

नक्षणं बालो भूत्वा क्षणमपि युवा कामरसिकःक्षणं वित्तैहींनः क्षणमपि च संपूर्णविभवः ।जराजीर्णैरड्गैर्नट इव वलीमण्डिततनुःनरः संसारान्ते विशति यमधानीयवनिकाम्‌ ॥५०॥

nakṣaṇaṃ bālo bhūtvā kṣaṇamapi yuvā kāmarasikaḥkṣaṇaṃ vittaihīṃnaḥ kṣaṇamapi ca saṃpūrṇavibhavaḥ |jarājīrṇairaḍgairnaṭa iva valīmaṇḍitatanuḥnaraḥ saṃsārānte viśati yamadhānīyavanikām‌ ||50||

Translation

One second becoming a child; the next second a youth tasting the joys of passion; another second stripped of all wealth; next second endowed with all prosperities! Then at the end of his life in the world, the man like an actor enters the Yama’s City behind the curtain, with his body painted by lines (wrinkles) all over and with limbs weakened by old age. ॥ 50 ॥