तं समीक्ष्य तदा राजा युक्तं समुदितैर्गुणैः। निश्चित्य सचिवैः सार्धं यौवराज्यममन्यत।॥ दिव्यन्तरिक्षे भूमौ च घोरमुत्पातजं भयम्। संचचक्षेऽथ मेधावी शरीरे चात्मनो जराम्॥
taṃ samīkṣya tadā rājā yuktaṃ samuditairguṇaiḥ| niścitya sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ yauvarājyamamanyata||| divyantarikṣe bhūmau ca ghoramutpātajaṃ bhayam| saṃcacakṣe'tha medhāvī śarīre cātmano jarām||
English Meaning
And that intelligent (king) mentioned (to his ministers) the dreadful evils portended by appearances and phenomena in heaven and the air and on the earth, and also pointed out the circumstance of decrepitude having taken possession of his person.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)