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Then the Sarāṇu thought, "Just as the blue pigment (nīlāñjanā) displays various colors and then disappears, so too will this world disappear." ||1||
**Commentary:** In this cruel world, which destroys countless bodies, who are the great men who have not passed away after staying for two days? ||54||
Then the Supreme Lord reveals the truth of equanimity: Wealth disappears in an instant, like a rainbow. Horses, elephants, chariots, soldiers, white umbrellas, sons, and wives—none of these are permanent. Jampāṇ (a type of chariot), vehicles, flags, and fly whisks all perish just as darkness disappears with the rising sun. The pure Lakshmi, residing in the abode of the lotus, is as fickle as a new wave and mocks the wise. The beauty of the body...