Shloka 20

Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession

Devanagari script

ये तु विंशतिवर्षा वै त्रिंशद्वर्षाश्ष मानवा: | अवगिव हि ते सर्वे मरिष्यन्ति शरच्छतात्‌,इस समय जो बीस या तीस वर्षकी अवस्थावाले मनुष्य हैं, ये सभी सौ वर्षके पहले ही मर जायूँगे

Transliteration

ye tu viṁśativarṣā vai triṁśadvarṣāś ca mānavāḥ | avagacchanti hi te sarve mariṣyanti śaracchatāt ||

Translation

ส่วนมนุษย์ผู้มีอายุยี่สิบหรือสามสิบปีในกาลนี้—พึงรู้เถิดว่า ทุกคนจักตายก่อนครบหนึ่งร้อยปี

Word by Word

येwho, those who

तुbut, indeed

विंशति-वर्षाःtwenty-year(-old)

वैindeed, surely

त्रिंशत्-वर्षाःthirty-year(-old)

चand

मानवाःmen, humans

अवगच्छknow, understand

हिfor, indeed

तेthey

सर्वेall

मरिष्यन्तिwill die

शरद्-शतात्from (before completing) a hundred autumns/years

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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