नलिनीदलगतजलमतितरलंतद्वज्जीवितमतिशयचपलम् ।विद्धि व्याध्यभिमानग्रस्तंलोकं शोकहतं च समस्तम् ॥ ४ ॥
In plain words
A drop of water on a lotus leaf: one tilt and it is gone. Your life is exactly that unsteady, that quick. Know it — the whole world, all of it, is held in the grip of disease and the pride that calls the sick body 'me', and grief has already struck it down.
Close to the Sanskrit
Water resting on a lotus leaf is exceedingly unsteady; like that, life is exceedingly fickle. Know the entire world to be seized by disease and self-conceit, and struck through by grief.