अहो महच्चित्रमिदं कालगत्या दुरत्यया । आरुरुक्षत्युपानद् वै शिरो मुकुटसेवितम् ॥ २४ ॥
aho mahac citram idaṁ kāla-gatyā duratyayā ārurukṣaty upānad vai śiro mukuṭa-sevitam
- aho
- oh
- mahat
- great
- citram
- wonder
- idam
- this
- kāla
- of time
- gatyā
- by the movement
- duratyayā
- unavoidable
- ārurakṣati
- wants to climb on top
- upānat
- a shoe
- vai
- indeed
- śiraḥ
- the head
- mukuṭa
- with a crown
- sevitam
- ornamented
[The Kuru nobles said:] Oh, how amazing this is! The force of time is indeed insurmountable: a lowly shoe now wants to climb on the head that bears the royal crown.