तस्यापि तव देहोऽयं कृपणस्य जिजीविषो: । परैत्यनिच्छतो जीर्णो जरया वाससी इव ॥ २५ ॥
tasyapi tava deho ’yam krpanasya jijivisoh paraity anicchato jirno jaraya vasasi iva
- tasya
- of this
- api
- in spite of
- tava
- your
- dehah
- body
- ayam
- this
- krpanasya
- of one who is miserly
- jijivisoh
- of you who desire life
- paraiti
- will dwindle
- anicchatah
- even unwilling
- jirnah
- deteriorated
- jaraya
- old
- vasasi
- garments
- iva
- like.
Despite your unwillingness to die and your desire to live even at the cost of honor and prestige, your miserly body will certainly dwindle and deteriorate like an old garment.