Bhavana Sataka

Author(s): A S Gopani, Dharmshila Mahasati, Girishkumar P Shah Pandit
Publisher: Labhubhai P Mehta

Page 30

रम्यं हर्म्यातलं बलञ्च बहुलं कान्ता मनोहारिणी, जात्यश्वाश्वदुला गजा गिरिनिभा आज्ञावशा आत्मजाः । garrànfàsfazıfa fauá zuçufta à ugfà, नेत्रे ge! fam̃fsà agfès à afta ft ang 1801
Meaning: A beautiful mansion decorated with lamps, photos, and furniture, colossal, astonishing physical power, a charming, fine garden delighting the mind with the breezes of wind, elephants, chariots and the large family-shall any one of these things stay with you for ever? No; no, Not the least. Not at all. If you are fortunate enough to get any of them, it will prove to be of your enjoyment only temporarily. After some time, you are sure to be deprived of it. Oh! fool! when you will be breathing your last and when your eyes may be about to be closed for ever, this body of yours with which you are so vitally and closely associated will not be yours, you will find; then what to speak of other things with which you are distantly connected? (9)
6