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प्राकृत-सूक्तरतमाला।
Alas! Death, like a bee, drinks the honey of the people of the world which is like a lotus whose stalk is the infernal serpent, going deep (lit: long ) and whose filaments are the mountains and whose petals are the ten quarters.
छाया-मिसेण कालो सयल-जियाणं छलं गवेसंतो। पासं कहवि न मुचइ, ता धम्मे उज्जम कुणह ॥ ११४॥ छायामिषेण कालः सकल-जीवानां छलं गवेषयन् । पावं कथमपि न मुञ्चति तस्माद् धर्म उद्यम कुरुत ॥११४॥
Death, under pretence of a shadow, looking into the tricks of all living beings, never forsakes their sides ; therefore you should exert yourselves to religion.
न सा जाई न सा जोणी न तं ठाणं न तं कुलं। न जाया न मुआ जत्थ सव्वे जीवा अणंतसो ॥ ११५॥ न सा जातिर्न सा योनिन तत् स्थानं न तत् कुलम् । न जाता न मृता यत्र सर्वे जीवा अनन्तशः ॥ ११५ ॥
There is no caste, no womb, no place, no family. where all living beings have not been born or died eternal times.
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