जराचन्द्रोदयसिते शरीरनगरे स्थिते । क्षणाद् विकासमायाति मुने मरणकैरवम् ॥ ३५ ॥
jarācandrōdayasitē śarīranagarē sthitē | kṣaṇād vikāsamāyāti munē maraṇakairavam || 35 ||
Translation
When the city of the body stands white with the moonrise of old age, the night-lily of death blooms in a moment, O sage.
Word by word
- jarā
- of old age
- candra
- of the moon
- udaya
- with the rise
- sitē
- white
- śarīra
- of the body
- nagarē
- the city
- sthitē
- when stands
- kṣaṇād
- (kṣaṇāt) in a moment
- vikāsam
- blooms
- āyāti
- comes to
- munē
- O sage
- maraṇa
- of death
- kairavam
- the night-lily
Meaning
The moon of age rises and whitens the city of the body; and the night-lily of death opens. The commentary: in the pool of the wish to live, the lily of death blooms. Again beauty is turned to its opposite. The reader is asked to see that the same light that whitens the head opens the last flower.