निधनं विस्मृतं नृणाम्

कर्मोक्तिनर्मनिर्माणैः प्रातः प्रातः प्रधावताम्।
धनं धनं प्रलपतां निधनं विस्मृतं नृणाम्॥
karmoktinarmanirmāṇaiḥ prātaḥ prātaḥ pradhāvatām|
dhanaṁ dhanaṁ pralapatāṁ nidhanaṁ vismṛtaṁ nṛṇām||
By creating the pastime of various actions and running [to and fro] from morning to morning, talking of nothing but money, men forget that [such a thing as] death exists.