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[ Eleven Ganadharas of the Lord and their history
Therefore, do not waste a single minute of your life, but utilise it in performing your religious duties.
2. Human life is as unstable as a dew-drop on the blades of grass. Do not, therefore, be careless for the shortest period of time.
3. The Nopakarmi life, that is one which cannot be destroyed by poison or weapons, is very short. The Sopakarmi life, that is one which can be destroyed by poison or weapons, is also very short. That, again, is subject to various kinds of diseases. Therefore, O Gautama ! You must utilise every minute of your life in putting an end to your Karmas.
4. The Jiva has to wander through various Yonies ( births ) possessing one sense etc. for untold ages before it can be born as a man, for there are many difficulties in destroying the Karmas which produce an obstacle in attaining the birth of a man. You are fortunate enough to attain a human body; therefore, you must not be negligent about your duties as a man, even for the twinkling of an eye.
5. The Jiva adopts the body of the living beings in the form of earth and leaves it again and again. This practice continues for untold ages that is for innumerable Utsarpinies and Avasarpinies (the two periods of time ). You have got the superior life of a man; therefore you must utilise it for the best purpose.
6. The same Jiva lives, and dies as water-bodied, firebodied and air-bodied beings for numberless births; that is why it is said that to attain human body is very difficult. And as you have attained this unattainable human body, you must not be negligent about performing your religious duties even for a single moment.
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