[vairagya-83]
जीर्णा एव मनोरथाश्च हृदये यातं च तद्यौवनंहताड्गेषु गुणाश्च वन्ध्यफलतां याता गुणज्ञैर्विना ।किं युक्तं सहसाभ्युपैति बलवान्कालः कृतान्तोऽक्षमीहा ज्ञातं मदनान्तकाइ्घ्रियुगलं मुक्त्वास्ति नान्या गतिः ॥८३॥jīrṇā eva manorathāśca hṛdaye yātaṃ ca tadyauvanaṃhatāḍgeṣu guṇāśca vandhyaphalatāṃ yātā guṇajñairvinā |kiṃ yuktaṃ sahasābhyupaiti balavānkālaḥ kṛtānto'kṣamīhā jñātaṃ madanāntakāighriyugalaṃ muktvāsti nānyā gatiḥ ||83||
Translation
The desires for pleasures have perished. Alas! That youthful state is also gone from the limbs! The virtues have become fruitless (useless) for lack of those who recognize virtues! The extremely powerful and impatient Kaala, the Death is coming towards me fast! What should be done? Aha! I have understood! There is no other shelter than the pair of feet of Manmatha’s destroyer (Shiva)! ॥ 83 ॥