गभात्कोटिगुणं दुःखं जायमानस्य जायते ४२.
For one being born, the suffering is a crore times greater than in the womb.
स्पृष्टमात्रस्य बाह्येन वायुना मूढता भवेत् ४२.
As soon as he is touched by the outside air, confusion arises.
स्मृतिभ्रंशात्ततस्तस्य पूर्वकर्मवशेन च ४२.
Then, due to loss of memory and the force of previous actions,
रक्तो मूढश्च लोकोयमकार्ये संप्रवर्तते ४२.
He becomes attached and deluded, and engages in improper actions in the world.
न श्रृणोति परं श्रेयः सति चक्षुषि नेक्षते ४२.
He does not hear the highest good, nor does he see it even when he has eyes.
सत्यां बुद्धौ न जानाति बोध्यमानो बुधैरपि ४२.
Even when his intellect is sound, he does not know, though instructed even by the wise.
गर्भस्मृतेरभावेन शास्त्रमुक्तं महर्षिभिः ४२.
Because of the absence of memory from the womb, the scriptures as declared by the great sages are to be relied upon.
ये शास्त्रज्ञाने सत्यस्मिन्सर्वकर्मार्थसाधके ४२.
Those who possess true knowledge of scripture, which is the means to accomplish all actions, are indeed established in truth.
अव्यक्तेन्द्रियवृत्तित्वाद्बाल्ये दुःखं महत्पुनः ४२.
In childhood, due to the unmanifest activity of the senses, there is again great suffering.
दंतोत्थाने महद्दुःखं मौलेन व्याधिना तथा ४२.
When teeth emerge, there is great pain, as well as from head ailments and disease.
तृड्बुभुक्षापरीतांगः क्वचित्तिष्ठति रारटन् ४२.
Afflicted by thirst and hunger, sometimes the body remains, crying out.
कौमारे कर्णवेधेन मातापित्रोर्विताडनैः ४२.
In childhood, there is pain from ear-piercing and from the beatings of mother and father.
प्रमत्तेंद्रियवृत्तैश्च कामरागप्रपीडनात् ४२.
With uncontrolled sense activities and the torment of desire and passion, there is suffering.
ईर्ष्यया सुमहद्दुःखं मोहाद्रक्तस्य जायते ४२.
From jealousy arises very great pain, and from delusion, for one who is passionate.
न रात्रौ विंदते निद्रा कामाग्निपरिखेदितः ४२.
Tormented by the fire of desire, he does not find sleep at night.
नारीषु त्वनुभूतासु सर्वदोषाश्रयासु च ४२.
In women who have been experienced, and who are the abode of all faults—
सन्मानमपमानेन वियोगेनेष्टसंगमः ४२.
Honor is lost through insult, and union with the beloved is broken by separation.
वलीपलितकायेन शिथिलीकृतविग्रहः ४२.
With a body marked by wrinkles and gray hair, the form becomes weakened.
स्त्रीपुंसोर्यौवनं रूपं यदन्योन्याश्रयं पुरा ४२.
The youth and beauty of man and woman, which once depended on each other—
जराभिभूतःपुरुषः पत्नीपुत्रादिबांधवैः ४२.
A man overcome by old age is abandoned by wife, sons, and other relatives.
धर्ममर्थं च कामं च मोक्षं च नातुरो यतः ४२.
He who is afflicted cannot pursue dharma, wealth, desire, or liberation.
वातपित्तकफादीनां वैषम्यं व्याधिरुच्यते ४२.
An imbalance of wind, bile, and phlegm is called disease.
तस्माद्व्याधिमयं ज्ञेयं शरीरमिदमात्मनः ४२.
Therefore, this body of oneself should be understood as full of disease.
तानि न स्वात्मवेद्यानि किमन्यत्कथयाम्यहम् ४२.
These are not known by one's own self; what else should I say?
तत्रैकः कालसंयुक्तः शेषास्त्वागंतवः स्मृताः ४२.
Among them, one is joined with time; the rest are considered to be avoidable.
जपहोमप्रदानैश्च कालमृत्युर्न शाम्यति ४२.
Neither recitation, offering, nor gifts can pacify death that comes with time.
विषाणि चाभिचाराश्च मृत्योर्द्वाराणि देहिनाम् ४२.
Poisons and sorceries are gates of death for embodied beings.
स्वस्थीकर्तुं न शक्नोति कालप्राप्तं हि देहिनम् ४२.
No one can restore to health a being whose time has arrived.
शक्नुवंति परित्रातुं नरं कालेन पीडितम् ४२.
Some are able to protect a person afflicted by time.
कालमृत्युरपि प्राज्ञैर्नीयते नापि संयुतैः ४२.
Even the wise cannot divert death that comes with time, nor those joined with it.