Verse 20·VR 3.41.20

निवार्यमाणः तु मया हित एषिणा न मृष्यसे वाक्यम् इदम् निशाचर | परेत कल्पा हि गत आयुषो नरा हितम् न गृह्णन्ति सुहृद्भिः ईरितम् || ३-४१-२०

nivaaryamaaNaH tu mayaa hita eShiNaa na mR^iShyase vaakyam idam nishaacara | pareta kalpaa hi gata aayuSho naraa hitam na gR^ihNanti suhR^idbhiH iiritam || 3-41-20

Translation

"As a desirer of your welfare I am dissuading you, oh, night-walker, but you may feel that this word of mine is unpleasant to you. People on diminishing lifetime will be similar to corpses and a corpse cannot take in the expedient spoken by considerate confidants, isn't so. [3-41-20]

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