ऐश्वर्ये वा सुविस्तीर्णे व्यसने वा सुदारुणे। रज्ज्वेव पुरुषं बद्ध्वा कृतान्तः परिकर्षति॥
aiśvarye vā suvistīrṇe vyasane vā sudāruṇe| rajjveva puruṣaṃ baddhvā kṛtāntaḥ parikarṣati||
English Meaning
Whether in the enjoyment of vast riches, or emerged in the abyss of miseries, Death is pulling a man, binding him roughly with a chord.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)