Afflicted with the miseries of birth, death and dotage, man is destined to rot here (on earth) from the evil effects of his own actions (in a previous birth).
जातिमृत्युजरादुःखैः सततं समभिद्रुतः। संसारे पच्यमानश्च दोषैरात्मकृतैर्नरः॥