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इष्टोपदेश
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Like fools taking perch on the tree, In the midst of forest fire, He does not look to roaring flames, Engulfing him like other beings. 27 With passage of the fleeting time, Near and near man draws to end, But how strong is the lust of pelf, He looks to wealth and not to end. 28 A poor man wanting heaps of wealth, To give them off in public alms, Is like a fool who puts on mud, To wash it off with holy bath. 29 The lustful pleasures of the world, No sure-hand-maids of the wealth, They while departing leave behind, Grief and sorrow for the mind. 30
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Nor body is the end of life, It is too frail and short in time One need not for its sustenance, Use vile means to heap up wealth. 31 Made of bones and loathsome flesh, Offensive filth and nasty germs, It is too hideous and impure, To turn sacred with wealthy hoard. 32 What doth add to vigour of flesh, Doth verily sap the vigour of soul. And what doth add to wealth of soul, Doth verily end the needs of flesh. 33
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As wealth increases greeds of flesh, It verily saps the life of self, Of what use is the gain of wealth, Which makes you lose divine self. 34
Concentrated Thought is the only remedy 20. Every thing can be had in life,
By force of concentrated thought, Both the precious and the worthless, Philosopher's gem, or piece of stone. 35
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