When with every night the period of a man's existence wears away, when, indeed, one's position is similar to that of a fish a pool of shallow water, who can be happy?
रात्र्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायामायुरल्पतरं यदा। गाधोदके मत्स्य इव सुखं विन्त कस्तदा॥