Verse 13.6
आष्टौ बालारिष्टमादौ नराणं योगारिष्टं प्राहुरावींशति स्यात्। अल्पं चाद्वात्रिंशतं मध्यमायुश्चासप्तत्याः पूर्णमायुः शतान्तम्
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Eight years is the age of childhood misfortune for men; twenty-one is declared the age of yogic misfortune; thirty-two is short life; seventy is middle life; and one hundred years is the full span of life. This verse establishes the…
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