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ANNOTATION 5: The normal span of human life is about a hundred years. It can be divided into ten stages, each lasting for ten years. Till the end of the fourth stage (i. e. age of 40), his vigour and luster continue to increase, and are in full bloom. After that, deterioration sets in.
At fifty, the signs of decrepitude begin to appear. The eyesight begins to be affected. The power of the other sense-organs also begins to degenerate.
Senility then sets in, and vigour and lusture are replaced by infirmities. The vital organs then become progressively incapable of carrying out their functions; replacement of worn tissues is entirely stopped, and in the end, Death takes him away.
६. तओ से एगया मूढभावं जणयंति ।
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Tao se egaya muḍhabhāvaṁ jaṇayamti.
ĀYĀRO
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Then some day (towards the fag-end of life ),(his sense-organs) are overhelmed by senility (i. e. faculties of audition, vision, etc. cease to function).
ANNOTATION 6: The word 'mudha-bhavam' (lit. senility) has two meanings:
(1) Deterioration of the sense-organs e. g. incapacity to hear or to get hard of hearing.
(2) Infatuation-As the sense-organs deteriorate, sensuality increases.
Thus, an old man becomes senile as well as more lustful than before.
७. जेहि वा सद्धि संवसति ते वा णं एगया जियगा तं पुव्विं परिवयंति, सो वा ते जियगे पच्छा परिवएज्जा ।
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