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It is al! due to ignorance. That things all distinct and aloof, Like spouse, children, body, wealth, Are all viewed as parts of self. 18 If seen with clear crystal vision, Free whims of likes, dislikes, No more related to us they are, Than forest trees are to birds. 19 They flying come from distant lands, Settle on trees for the night, And take to wings for quarters new, When morning comes with feast of light. 20 As digger lowers the spade from high, The digger too is lowered by spade, Who lowers others by aggression, Is surely lowered by the same. 21 This Law of action and reaction. Though patent in the realm of life, But strange it is they fly in passion, When paid are in their own coin. 22 For false whims of likes, dislikes, Born of the egotistic trends, Self is dipped from eternal time, In deep waters of births and deaths. 23 Worldly Life is a Chain of Pains. The worldly life is set on frame, Ever on move like waterwheel, Full of turns of ills and pains, With little rest from cares and needs 24 Wealth is no remedy for worldly ills. Wealth hard to earn, and retain, Unstable most, and most unsafe, One is never safe and sound with it, As fever patient with use of ghee. 25 A rich man like the common folk, Infested though with diverse woes, Yet being filled with self conceit, He thinks himself immortal being. 26
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