आशातन्तुनिबद्धाङ्गी जागती जीर्णपक्षिणी ।स्ववासनाशलाकेऽन्तर्निबद्धेन्द्रियपञ्जरे
In plain words
The decrepit bird of the world, its limbs bound with threads of hope, [sits] within the cage of the senses, bound fast inside -- a cage whose bars are its own vāsanās.