Verse 74

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

[vairagya-74]

वर्ण सितं झटिति वीक्ष्य शिरोरुहाणां स्थानं जरापरिभवस्य तदा पुमांसम्‌ ।आरोपितास्थिशतकं परिहृत्य यान्ति चण्डालकूपमिव दूरतरं तरुण्यः ७४ ॥७४॥

varṇa sitaṃ jhaṭiti vīkṣya śiroruhāṇāṃ sthānaṃ jarāparibhavasya tadā pumāṃsam‌ |āropitāsthiśatakaṃ parihṛtya yānti caṇḍālakūpamiva dūrataraṃ taruṇyaḥ 74 ||74||

Translation

the white color of the hair on the head which is the abode of all humiliations associated with old age, the young girls avoid the man carrying (the load of) hundreds of pieces of bones like a well in the Chaandaala (lowest class) colony. ॥ 74 ॥