Life is a mirage

आदित्यस्य गतागतैरहरहः संक्षीयते जीवितम्
व्यापारैर्बहुकार्यभारगुरुभिः कालो न विज्ञायते ।
दृष्ट्वा जन्मजराविपत्तिमरणं त्रासश्च नोत्पद्यते
पीत्वा मोहमयीं प्रमादमदिरामुन्मत्तभूतं जगत् ॥

- वैराग्यशतकम्

Life shortens day by day as the sun rises and sets. Subject to the pressure of several mundane activities, one fails to see how time flies. One is not afraid despite beholding birth, misery, old age, and death. In fact, the world is intoxicated by the mysterious wine of delusion.

Life is a mirage.