मृत्युर्जन्मवतां वीर देहेन सह जायते । अद्य वाब्दशतान्ते वा मृत्युर्वै प्राणिनां ध्रुव: ॥ ३८ ॥
mṛtyur janmavatāṁ vīra dehena saha jāyate adya vābda-śatānte vā mṛtyur vai prāṇināṁ dhruvaḥ
- mṛtyuḥ
- death
- janma-vatām
- of the living entities who have taken birth
- vīra
- O great hero
- dehena saha
- along with the body
- jāyate
- is born (one who has taken birth is sure to die)
- adya
- today
- vā
- either
- abda-śata
- of hundreds of years
- ante
- at the end
- vā
- or
- mṛtyuḥ
- death
- vai
- indeed
- prāṇinām
- for every living entity
- dhruvaḥ
- is assured
O great hero, one who takes birth is sure to die, for death is born with the body. One may die today or after hundreds of years, but death is sure for every living entity.