All the world’s a stage - A Sanskrit counterpart | Navaneet Galagali

Separated by centuries yet united by sentiment - Bhartrhari and Shakespeare

क्षणं बालो भूत्वा क्षणमपि युवा कामरसिकः
क्षणं वित्तैर्हीनः क्षणमपि च सम्पूर्णविभवः |
जराजीर्णैरङ्गैर्नट इव वलीमण्डिततनुः
नरः संसारान्ते विशति यमधानीजवनिकाम् ॥

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;

Source: Vairagya Shatakam by Bhartrhari and As you Like it by Shakespeare

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