The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 131
vayāsi jīrṇāni vimarśayati dhīrāṇyavasthānaparāyaṇāni |
alpena yatnena śamātmakāni bhavatyagatyeva ca lajjayā ca || 10.36
36. ‘Old age is prone to reflection’, 1 it is grave and intent on remaining quiet; it attains
unimpassionedness with but little effort, unavoidably, and for very shame.
ataśca lola viṣayapradhāna pramattamakṣātamadīrghadarśi |
bahucchala yauvanamabhyatītya nistīrya kātāramivāśvasati || 10.37
37. ‘Therefore having passed through the deceptive period of youth, fickle, intent on
external objects, heedless, impatient, not looking at the distance, — they take breath
like men who have escaped safe through a forest.
tasmādadhīra capalapramādi nava vayastāvadida vyapaitu |
kāmasya pūrva hi vayaḥ śaravya na śakyate rakṣitumidriyebhyaḥ || 10.38
38. ‘Let therefore this fickle time of youth first pass by, reckless and giddy, — our
early years are the mark for pleasure, they cannot be kept from the power of the
senses.
athau cikīrṣā tava dharma eva yajasva yajña kuladharma eṣaḥ |
yajñairadhiṣṭhāya hi nākapṣṭha yayau marutvānapi nākapṣṭham || 10.39
39. Or if religion is really thy one aim, then offer sacrifices, — this is thy family’s
immemorial custom, — climbing to highest heaven by sacrifices, even Indra, the lord
of the winds, went thus to highest heaven.
suvarṇakeyūravidaṣṭabāhavo maṇipradīpojjvalacitramaulayaḥ |
nparṣayastā hi gati gatā makhaiḥ śrameṇa yāmeva mahārṣayo yayuḥ || 10.40
40. ‘With their arms pressed 2 by golden bracelets, and their variegated diadems
resplendent with the light of gems, royal sages have reached the same goal by
sacrifices which great sages reached by self-mortification.’
1 Vimarśayanti?
2 Vidaṣṭa; cf. sadaṣṭa in Raghuv. XVI, 65.