As soon as an embodied creature is born, Decrepitude and Death follow him to bring about his destruction. All things, mobile and immobile, are affected by these two.
जातमेवान्तकोऽन्ताय जरा चान्वेति देहिनम्। अनुषक्ता द्वयेनैते भावाः स्थावरजङ्गमाः॥