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Chapter 1.79 - Verse 5

Sanskrit Text

सितश्मश्रुशिरा दीनो जरया शिथिलीकृतः वलीसंततगात्रश्च दुर्दर्शो दुर्बलः कृशः

English Translation

White hair, cheerlessness, relaxation of nerves, wrinkles, all the body, deformities, weakness, leanness, inability of work, these the consequences of decrepitude. Even friends and dependants forsake an old decrepit man.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

सित + श्मश्रु + शिरस् | दीनो | जरया | शिथिलीकृतः
वली + संतन् + गात्र + च | दुर्दर्शो | दुर्बलः | कृशः