मुग्धस्य बाल्ये कैशोरे क्रीडतो याति विंशति: । जरया ग्रस्तदेहस्य यात्यकल्पस्य विंशति: ॥ ७ ॥
mugdhasya balye kaisore kridato yati vimsatih jaraya grasta-dehasya yaty akalpasya vimsatih
- mugdhasya
- of a person bewildered or not in perfect knowledge
- balye
- in childhood
- kaisore
- in boyhood
- kridatah
- playing
- yati
- passes
- vimsatih
- twenty years
- jaraya
- by invalidity
- grasta-dehasya
- of a person overcome
- yati
- passes
- akalpasya
- without determination, being unable to execute even material activities
- vimsatih
- another twenty years.
In the tender age of childhood, when everyone is bewildered, one passes ten years. Similarly, in boyhood, engaged in sporting and playing, one passes another ten years. In this way, twenty years are wasted. Similarly, in old age, when one is an invalid, unable to perform even material activities, one passes another twenty years wastefully.