[vairagya-73]
गात्रं संकुचितं गतिर्विगलिता भ्रष्टा च दन्तावलिःदृष्टिर्नश्यति वर्धते बधिरता वक्त्रं च लालायते ।वाक्यं नाद्रियते च बान्धवजनो भार्या न शुश्रूषतेहा कष्टं पुरुषस्य जीर्णवयसः पुत्रोऽप्यमित्रायते ॥७३॥gātraṃ saṃkucitaṃ gatirvigalitā bhraṣṭā ca dantāvaliḥdṛṣṭirnaśyati vardhate badhiratā vaktraṃ ca lālāyate |vākyaṃ nādriyate ca bāndhavajano bhāryā na śuśrūṣatehā kaṣṭaṃ puruṣasya jīrṇavayasaḥ putro'pyamitrāyate ||73||
Translation
Body is shrunk; gait is unsteady; row of teeth is fallen; sight has faded; deafness is on the increase; mouth drools; no one pays attention to the words when spoken; wife does not serve any more! Alas! The problems of a man in old age, where even the son acts like an enemy! ॥ 73 ॥