पुरा रथैर्हेमपरिष्कृतैश्चरन् मतंगजैर्वा नरदेवसंज्ञित: । स एव कालेन दुरत्ययेन ते कलेवरो विट्कृमिभस्मसंज्ञित: ॥ ५० ॥
purā rathair hema-pariṣkṛtaiś caran mataṁ-gajair vā nara-deva-saṁjñitaḥ sa eva kālena duratyayena te kalevaro viṭ-kṛmi-bhasma-saṁjñitaḥ
- purā
- previously
- rathaiḥ
- in chariots
- hema
- with gold
- pariṣkṛtaiḥ
- furnished
- caran
- riding
- matam
- fierce
- gajaiḥ
- on elephants
- vā
- or
- nara-deva
- king
- saṁjñitaḥ
- named
- saḥ
- that
- eva
- same
- kālena
- by time
- duratyayena
- unavoidable
- te
- Your
- kalevaraḥ
- body
- viṭ
- as feces
- kṛmi
- worms
- bhasma
- ashes
- saṁjñitaḥ
- named
The body that at first rides high on fierce elephants or chariots adorned with gold and is known by the name “king” is later, by Your invincible power of time, called “feces,” “worms,” or “ashes.”