jivan-mrtatvam niyamena rajan
adyantavad yad vikrtasya drstam
sva-svamya-bhavo dhruva idya yatra
tarhy ucyate 'sau vidhikrtya-yogah
jivat-mrtatvam-the quality of being dead while living; niyamena-by the laws of nature; rajan-O King; adi-anta-vat-everything material has a beginning and an end; yat-because; vikrtasya-of things that are transformed, such as the body; drstam-is seen; sva-svamya-bhavah-the condition of servanthood and mastership; dhruvah-unchangeable; idya-O you who are worshiped; yatra-wherein; tarhi-then; ucyate-it is said; asau-that; vidhi-krtya-yogah-fitness of order and duty.