Vairāgyaśataka
Bhartṛhari, 600
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Verse 43
यत्रानेकः क्वचिदपि गृहे तत्र तिष्ठत्यथैको
यत्राप्येकः सततं बहवस्तत्र नैकोऽपि जान्ते ।
इथं नेयो रजनिनिधसो लोालयत्क्वाविवाशो
कालः कल्यो भुवनफलकॆ क्रीडति प्राणिशारैः ॥४३॥
yatrānekaḥ kvacid api gṛhe tatra tiṣṭ̣haty athaiko
yatrāpi ekas tadanu bahavas tatra cānte na caikaḥ
itthaṃ cemau rajanidivasau dolayan dvāv ivākṣau
kālaḥ kālyā saha bahukalaḥ krīḍati prāṇisāraiḥ
Where many were in a house, there now remains but one.
Where there was only one, thereafter many came to be.
And in the end, not even one is left.
Thus, tossing night and day like two dice,
Skillful Time, on the gameboard of the universe, plays with living beings as his pawns.
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