The evils of life, O king, overtake one in infancy or youth or old age. They can never be avoided, while those which one seeks most never come.
पूर्वे वयसि मध्ये वाप्युत्तरे वा नराधिप। अवर्जनीयास्तेऽर्था वै कांक्षिता ये ततोऽन्यथा॥