Sanskrit Verse

अचरित्त्वा ब्रह्मचर्यं अलब्ध्वा यौवने धनम् । जीर्णक्रौञ्च इव क्षीयन्ते क्षीणमत्स्य इव पल्वले ॥

Bhikkhu Ānandajoti's translation

Those who in youth have not led the holy life, who have failed to acquire wealth, languish like old cranes in a pond without fish.