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Ätmasiddhi Yavat Jivam Sukham Jivet, Runam Krutvä Dhrutam Pibet; Bhasmibhutasya Dehasya, Punarägamanam Kutah?
It means, "Live happily as long as you are alive; enjoy the rich foods even by incurring debt; how is the body, that is turned into ashes, going to come back?"
But the pupil is not an atheist and does not believe in the philosophy of Chärväk. His purpose is to know the truth so that he can undertake the spiritual pursuit without having any doubt. He therefore presents the problems arising in the mind with a view to obtaining clarification.
અથવા વસ્તુ ક્ષણિક છે, ક્ષણે ક્ષણે પલટાય; એ અનુભવથી પણ નહીં, આત્મા નિત્ય જણાય.
IIS 911
Athavä Vastu Kshanik Chhe, Kshane Kshane Palatäy;
E Anubhavathi Pan Nahin, Ätmä Nitya Janäy.
Alternately, every thing is ephemeral and
undergoes change every moment; that experience also precludes the eternity of soul.
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