कालपाशपरिक्षिप्ता भवन्ति पुरुषा हि ये। कार्याकार्यं न जानन्ति ते निरस्तषडिन्द्रियाः॥
kālapāśaparikṣiptā bhavanti puruṣā hi ye| kāryākāryaṃ na jānanti te nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ||
English Meaning
Those persons that have been fast bound by the noose of death, do not in consequence of their senses having ceased to perform their functions, discern what is proper and what improper.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)