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Verses 89, 90
होता है, अतः इस समय भी हिताहित को नहीं जानता है, तथा वृद्धावस्था के प्राप्त होने पर वह अधमरे के समान होकर शरीर से शिथिल हो जाता है, इसलिये यहाँ भी हिताहित का विवेक नहीं रहता है। ऐसी दशा में, हे भव्यजीव! कौन सी अवस्था में धर्म का आचरण करके तू अपने जन्म को सफल कर सकता है?
In the childhood, when the body is not fully developed, the man is ignorant of what is favourable and what is unfavourable. In the young-age, blinded by sex-desire, he roams around in the forest populated densely with trees that are young women; here also he is ignorant of what is favourable and what is unfavourable. In the middle-age, to pacify increased cravings, he troubles himself earning money through occupations like farming and commerce; here too he is ignorant of what is favourable and what is unfavourable. In the old-age, his body becomes flaccid, like the half-dead; here again he is ignorant of what is favourable and what is unfavourable. In such a situation, O worthy soul, when will you adopt right conduct that will make success of your life?
बाल्येऽस्मिन् यदनेन ते विरचितं स्मर्तुं च तन्नोचितं मध्ये चापि धनार्जनव्यतिकरैस्तन्नास्ति यन्नार्पितं । वाद्धिक्येऽप्यभिभूय दन्तदलनाद्याचेष्टितं निष्ठुरं पश्याद्यापि विधेर्वशेन चलितुं वाञ्छस्यहो दुर्मते ॥१०॥
१ पाठान्तर - धनार्जनव्यतिकरैस्तन्नार्पितं यत्त्वयि २ वार्धक्ये
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