Verse 72

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
Discriminative Analysis of Permanent & Impermanent Objectsनित्यानित्यवस्तुविचारः
Chhanda
Śikhariṇīशिखरिणी

[vairagya-72]

यतो मेरुः श्रीमान्निपतति युगान्ताग्निवलितःसमुद्राः शुष्यन्ति प्रचुरमकरग्राहनिल्याः ।धरा गच्छेत्यन्तं धरणिधरपादैरपि धृताशरीरे का वार्ता करिकलभकर्णाग्रचपले ॥७२॥

yato meruḥ śrīmānnipatati yugāntāgnivalitaḥsamudrāḥ śuṣyanti pracuramakaragrāhanilyāḥ |dharā gacchetyantaṃ dharaṇidharapādairapi dhṛtāśarīre kā vārtā karikalabhakarṇāgracapale ||72||

Translation

Even the great Meru Mountain filled with all the riches topples down enveloped by the fire of dissolution; even oceans which are the abodes of countless crocodiles dry up; even the lands break up, though held by the bases of the mountains. What is there to talk about the body which is as unstable as the tip of the (moving) ear of the elephant cub. ॥ 72 ॥