अजीर्यताममृतानामुपेत्य जीर्यन्मर्त्यः क्वधःस्थः प्रजानन् । अभिध्यायन् वर्णरतिप्रमोदान् अतिदीर्घे जीविते को रमेत ॥ २८॥

ajīryatāmamṛtānāmupetya jīryanmartyaḥ kvadhaḥsthaḥ prajānan । abhidhyāyan varṇaratipramodān atidīrghe jīvite ko rameta ॥ 28॥

upetya = having come near to; ajīryatām = of the undecaying, of those who do not undergo the loss of age; amṛtānām = of the immortals (gods); (and) prajānan = knowing himself to be; jīryan martyaḥ = subject to decrepitude and death; kvadhasthaḥ = living on the earth; kaḥ = who, [what sensible person]; abhidhyāyan = while deliberating [on the real nature of]; varṇa-rati-pramodān = music (colour), sex and entertainment [as transitory]; rameta = would delight; ati-dīrghe jīvite = in a long life ?