बाल स्तावत् क्रीडासक्तः तरुण स्तावत् तरुणीसक्तः | वृद्ध स्तावत्-चिन्तामग्नः परमे ब्रह्मणि कोऽपि न लग्नः ‖ 7 ‖
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bāla stāvat krīḍāsaktaḥ taruṇa stāvat taruṇīsaktaḥ | vṛddha stāvat-chintāmagnaḥ parame brahmaṇi koapi na lagnaḥ ‖ 7 ‖
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Childhood is lost in attachment to games. The youth is lost in attachment to women. Old age passes with worry and anxiety, thinking over many things. But there is hardly anyone who wants to be lost (attached) in para-brahman, the Supreme Spirit.
- Sri Shankaracharya
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