बद्धं कालस्य पाशेन सर्वभूतापहारिणः। न नश्यन्तमुपेक्षे त्वां प्रदीप्तं शरणं यथा ॥
baddhaṃ kālasya pāśena sarvabhūtāpahāriṇaḥ| na naśyantamupekṣe tvāṃ pradīptaṃ śaraṇaṃ yathā ||
English Meaning
How can I disregard your death like to a burning house bound as you are by the noose of Death, the destroyer of all creatures.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)