Sanskrit: नलिनी दलगत जलमति तरलंतद्वज्जीवित मतिशय चपलम् |विद्धि व्याध्यभिमान ग्रस्तंलोकं शोकहतं च समस्तम् 
English: As water drops on a lotus leaf are unsteady and trembling, in the same way life in this world is exceedingly unsteady and restless. Know that the whole world is full of miseries, afflicted by unhappiness and grief.