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( 122. 19. firm belief in mind that life is transient and death is certain ? (212)
(122) Alas! The hunter in the form of Fate comes bringing death upon the herd of deer in the form of men, scattering arrows in the form of hundreds of diseases and holding in his hand the bow of old age. (213)
Death does not mind an obstacle, a remedy or its prolonged service; it wanders according to its will and pleasure among the groups of men as a lion does among the groups of deer. (214)
Some who are disgusted of dying and being born again and again, follow, being disgusted of birth and death, that which takes away birth and diseases. (215)
I fear death only to drink deep the essence of the words of Jinas, which pacifies old age, death and diseases; and which is blissful in consequence. (216)
What can death, for which the antidote is already made, do to men who have destoyed the taint of sin; and have shattered the shackles of relation and greed ? (217)
Death is even better for those who have earned the wealth of austeries; who are not attached ever to the house in the shape of body; whose bodies are emaciated; and who have done well everything. (218)
The wise, with road-provision in the from of penance, fully taken, give up their life by a vow; and with the helper in the form of courage, ask for death with longings. (219)
The death to a man, of whom after dying either
