Shloka 75
प्रह्लादचरितम् (हिरण्यकशिपोः स्वर्गापहरणं, प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुभक्तिः, उपदेशः)
बाल्ये क्रीडनकासक्ता यौवने विषयोन्मुखाः अज्ञानयन्त्य् अशक्त्या च वार्द्धकं समुपस्थितम्
bālye krīḍanakāsaktā yauvane viṣayonmukhāḥ ajñānayanty aśaktyā ca vārddhakaṃ samupasthitam
শৈশৱত খেলনা-ধেমালিত আসক্ত; যৌৱনত বিষয়ৰ ফালে ধাৱিত। এইদৰে অজ্ঞানত—আৰু পাছত অক্ষমতাত—বাৰ্ধক্য আহি পৰিছে বুলি তেওঁলোকে নাজানে।
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
FAQs
It is presented as Time’s undeniable arrival, often ignored due to play in childhood and sense-pleasure in youth—urging timely awakening and reorientation toward dharma and devotion.
He frames it as a progression: distraction in childhood, outward sense-orientation in youth, and then helplessness in later years—so people remain unaware of life’s decline until it is unavoidable.
By highlighting the tyranny of Kāla over embodied life, the passage implicitly points to seeking refuge in Vishnu—the Supreme Reality beyond decay—as the stable goal amid impermanence.