Jaravagga ⧸ Gāthā 148
Parijiṇṇamidaṃ rūpaṃ roganiḍḍhaṃ pabhaṅguraṃ
Bhijjati pūtisandeho maraṇantaṃ hi jīvitaṃ
Bhijjati pūtisandeho maraṇantaṃ hi jīvitaṃ
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Old Age ⧸ Verse 148
This body is wasted, full of sickness, and frail; this heap of corruption breaks to pieces, life indeed ends in death.
English translation by Max Müller, from The Sacred Books of the East (1881).
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