The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Mohamudgaraḥ

Verse 10

वयसि गते कः कामविकारःशुष्के नीरे कः कासारः ।क्षीणे वित्ते कः परिवारोज्ञाते तत्त्वे कः संसारः ॥ १० ॥

In plain words

Youth is gone — where is the fever of desire? The water has dried — where is the lake? The money has run out — where is the entourage? Reality is known — where is saṃsāra?

Close to the Sanskrit

Youth having gone, what desire-agitation? The water having dried up, what lake? Wealth having been exhausted, what retinue? Reality having been known, what saṃsāra?