Sanskrit: बाल स्तावत् क्रीडासक्तःतरुण स्तावत् तरुणीसक्तः |वृद्ध स्तावत्-चिन्तामग्नःपरमे ब्रह्मणि कोऽपि न लग्नः 
English: The childhood is lost in attachment to games. The youth is lost in attachment to woman. Old age passes with worry and anxiety, thinking over many things. But there is hardly anyone who wants to be lost (attached) in para-braman, the Supreme Spirit.