दिनैः कतिपयैरेव निर्झराम्बुकणो यथा । पतत्ययमयत्नेन जरठः कायपल्लवः ॥ ५८ ॥
dinaiḥ katipayairēva nirjharāmbukaṇō yathā | patatyayamayatnēna jaraṭhaḥ kāyapallavaḥ || 58 ||
Translation
In only a few days, like a drop of water from a waterfall, this aged leaf of the body falls without any effort.
Word by word
- dinaiḥ
- days
- katipayair
- (katipayaiḥ) in a few
- ēva
- only
- nirjhara
- from a waterfall
- ambu
- of water
- kaṇō
- (kaṇaḥ) a drop
- yathā
- like
- patati
- falls
- ayam
- this
- ayatnēna
- without any effort
- jaraṭhaḥ
- aged
- kāya
- of the body
- pallavaḥ
- leaf
Meaning
A drop thrown from a waterfall falls at once; an old leaf drops without a push. The body falls the same way: not by any great effort of fate, but "without effort" (ayatnena), of its own nature, in "a few days". The commentary: this body, like a puppet, falls quickly with no exertion. The reader is shown how little it takes for the body to end: nothing at all.