यथाऽऽगारं दृढस्थूणं जीर्णं भूत्वोपसीदति। तथावसीदन्ति नरा जरामृत्युवशंगताः॥
yathā''gāraṃ dṛḍhasthūṇaṃ jīrṇaṃ bhūtvopasīdati| tathāvasīdanti narā jarāmṛtyuvaśaṃgatāḥ||
English Meaning
Even as a stout-pillared edifice, getting dilapidated, waxes weak, so men coming under the sway of decrepitude and death, get enfeebled.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)