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तस्माद्वर्णयितुन्नैव शक्यते हि मया पुनः ॥ शरीरं दुःखराशिं च मत्वा त्याज्यन्त्वयाधुना ॥ २१ ॥
Hence it is very difficult to explain this misery. The body is a heap of miseries. Considering this, you shall eschew all miseries.
english translation
येनेदञ्च धृतन्तेन व्याप्तमेव न संशयः ॥ प्रथमम्मातृगर्भे वै जन्म दुःखस्य कारणम् ॥ २२॥
By this misery alone is the body held and pervaded. There is no doubt in this. At the outset, the very birth in the mother’s womb is a cause of misery.
english translation
कौमारेऽपि महादुःखं बाललीलानुसारि यत् ॥ ततोपि यौवने कामान्भुन्जानो दुःखरूपिणः ॥ २३॥
Even in infancy and childhood there is great misery in child’s sports. In youth man experiences misery even while enjoying pleasures.
english translation
गतागतैर्दिनानां हि कार्यभारैरनेकशः ॥ आयुश्च क्षीयते नित्यं न जानाति ह तत्पुनः ॥ २४॥
When days come and go, when burdens of tasks are born in plenty, the life nears its end everyday. But man does not realize it.
english translation
अन्ते च मरणं चैव महादुःखमतः परम् ॥ नानानरकपीडाश्च भुज्यंतेज्ञैर्नरैस्सदा ॥ २५॥
In the end there is death. There is greater misery thereafter. There are different sorts of hellish trouble. All these are experienced by ignorant men.
english translation