क्षणप्रकाशतरलं मिथ्यारचितचक्रिकम् । अलातचक्रप्रतिमं यौवनं मे न रोचते
Flickering for a moment, built on illusion, like a wheel drawn in the air—youth does not please me.
मृदुस्फारतरोदारम् अन्तश्शून्यं क्षणक्षतम् । शरदम्बुदसङ्काशं यौवनं मे न रोचते
Soft, swelling, and outwardly grand, yet empty within and wounded in an instant; like an autumn cloud—youth does not please me.
आपातमात्ररमणं सद्भावरहितान्तरम् । वेश्यास्त्रीसङ्गमप्रख्यं यौवनं मे न रोचते
Delighting only in the moment, lacking true substance within; like union with a courtesan—youth does not please me.
ये केचन दुरारम्भास् ते सर्वे सर्वदुःखदाः । तारुण्ये सन्निधिं यान्ति महोत्पाता इव क्षये
Whatever difficult undertakings there are, all bring every kind of sorrow; they gather in youth, like great calamities at their end.
हार्दान्धकारकारिण्या भैरवाकारवान् अपि । यौवनाज्ञानयामिन्या बिभेति भगवान् अपि
Even the Blessed Lord fears the night of youth’s ignorance, which brings darkness to the heart and takes on a dreadful form.
सुविस्मृतशुभाचारं बुद्धिवैधुर्यदायिनम् । ददात्य् अतितराम् एष भ्रमं यौवनविभ्रमः
This bewilderment of youth makes one forget good conduct and brings confusion of mind; it gives rise to delusion in the highest degree.
कान्तावियोगजातेन हृदि दुर्धर्षवह्निना । यौवने दह्यते जन्तुस् तरुर् दावाग्निना यथा
A living being in youth is burned by the fierce fire in the heart, born from separation from the beloved, just as a tree is consumed by a forest fire.
विस्तीर्णापि प्रसन्नापि पावन्य् अपि हि यौवने । मतिः कलुषताम् एति प्रावृषीव तरङ्गिणी
Even if the mind is vast, clear, and pure in youth, it becomes tainted, like a river growing turbid in the rainy season.
शक्यते घनकल्लोलभीमा रोधयितुं नदी । न तु तारुण्यतरला तृष्णातरलितान्तरा
A river, though terrifying with dense waves, can be restrained; but not the inner thirst, made unsteady by youth, agitated by craving.
सा कान्ता तौ स्तनौ पीनौ ते विलासास् तद् आननम् । तारुण्य इति चिन्ताभिर् याति जर्जरतां जनः
That is the beloved, those are her full breasts, those are her charms, that is her face—through such thoughts of youth, a person becomes worn out.
तरत्तरलतृष्णार्तं युवानम् इह साधवः । पूजयन्ति न तुच्छेहं जरत्तृणलवं यथा
The good do not honor a youth here who is afflicted by the swiftly moving thirst of desire, just as they do not value a worthless blade of dry grass.
नाशायैव मदान्धस्य दोषमौक्तिकधारिणः । अभिमानमहेभस्य नित्यालानं हि यौवनम्
Youth is always yoked to the destruction of one blinded by pride, adorned with the pearls of faults, like the great elephant of arrogance.
मनोविपुलमूलानां दोषाशीविषधारिणाम् । रोषरोदनवृक्षाणां यौवनं नवकाननम्
Youth is a new forest for the trees of anger and sorrow, whose roots are deep in the mind, bearing the serpents of faults.
रसकेसरसम्बाधं कुविकल्पदलाकुलम् । दुश्चिन्ताचञ्चरीकाणां पुष्करं विद्धि यौवनम्
Know youth to be the lotus crowded with the filaments of pleasure, filled with the petals of wrong imagination, and swarming with the bees of anxious thoughts.
कृताकृतकुपक्षाणां हृत्सरस्तीरचारिणाम् । आधिव्याधिविहङ्गानाम् आलयो नवयौवनम्
New youth is the abode for the birds of affliction and disease, which wander along the banks of the lake of the heart, with wings of action and inaction.
जडानां गतसङ्ख्यानां कल्लोलानां विलासिनाम् । अनपेक्षितमर्यादो वारिधिः पूर्णयौवनम्
Full youth is an ocean, unconcerned with boundaries, for the waves of countless inert and playful ones.
सर्वेषां गुणपर्णानाम् अपनेतुं रजस् ततः । अपनेतुं स्थितो दक्षो विषमो यौवनानिलः
The wind of youth, uneven and skilled, stands to remove the dust of passion from all the leaves of virtue.
नयन्ति पाण्डुतां वक्त्रम् आकुलावकरोत्कटाः । आरोहन्ति परां कोटिं रूक्षा यौवनपांसवः
The harsh sands of youth rise to the highest peak, making the face pale and causing distress and agitation.
उद्बोधयति दोषालीं निकृन्तति गुणावलीम् । नराणां यौवनोल्लासो विलासो दुष्कृतश्रियः
The exuberance of youth in men awakens a multitude of faults, cuts down the garland of virtues, and is the splendor of misdeeds.
शरीरपङ्कजरजश् चञ्चलां मतिषट्पदीम् । निबध्य मोहयत्य् एष नरं यौवनचन्द्रमाः
The moon of youth binds the restless bee of the mind with the dust of the body's lotus, and deludes the person.
शरीरषण्डकोद्भूता रम्या यौवनवल्लरी । लग्नम् एव मनोभृङ्गं मदयत्य् उन्नतिं गता
The delightful creeper of youth, sprung from the mound of the body, intoxicates the bee of the mind that is attached to it, having reached its height.
शरीरमरुतापोत्थां युवतामृगतृष्णिकाम् । मनोमृगाः प्रधावन्तः पतन्ति विषमावटे
The mirage of young women, arising from the heat of the body's wind, causes the deer of the mind to run and fall into dangerous ravines.
शरीरशर्वरीज्योत्स्ना चित्तकेसरिणस् सटा । लहरी जीविताम्भोधेर् युवता मे न रोचते
The radiance of youth, like moonlight in the night of the body, the mane of the lion called mind, a wave on the ocean of life—this young woman no longer pleases me.
दिनानि कतिचिद् येयं फलिता देहजङ्गले । युवताशरद् अस्यां हि न समाश्वासम् अर्हथ
For a few days, this youth flourishes in the wilderness of the body; but in this autumn of youth, you should not place your trust.
झगित्य् एव प्रयात्य् एष शरीराद् युवताखगः । क्षणेनैवाल्पभाग्यस्य हस्ताच् चिन्तामणिर् यथा
Swiftly does the bird of youth fly away from the body, just as, in a moment, the wish-fulfilling gem slips from the hand of one with little fortune.
यदा यदा परां कोटिम् अभ्यारोहति यौवनम् । वल्गन्ति सरसाः कामास् तदा नाशाय केवलम्
Whenever youth reaches its highest peak, desires surge forth abundantly, but only to bring about destruction.
तावद् एव विवल्गन्ति रागद्वेषपिशाचिकाः । नास्तम् एति समस्तैषा यावद् यौवनयामिनी
So long as the night of youth endures, the goblins of passion and aversion continue to dance; all this does not come to an end until youth itself sets.
नानाधिकारबहुले वराके क्षणनाशिनि । कारुण्यं कुरु तारुण्ये म्रियमाणे सुते यथा
In this pitiable youth, filled with many duties and vanishing in a moment, show compassion, as you would for a dying child.
हर्षम् आयाति यो मोहात् पुरुषः क्षणभङ्गिना । यौवनेन महामुग्धस् स वै नरमृगस् स्मृतः
The man who, out of delusion, rejoices in fleeting youth, utterly infatuated, is regarded as a human beast.
मानमोहमदोन्मत्तं यौवनं यो ऽभिलष्यति । अचिरेण स दुर्बुद्धिः पश्चात्तापेन युज्यते
He who desires youth, intoxicated by pride, delusion, and arrogance, that foolish one soon meets with regret.