Bhavana Sataka

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

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समजनि जनिकाले मानवो वस्त्रवित्ता szamzamgłał azyferaunfa | वदति तव महत्त्वं पुण्यशालित्वमेत न्मृतिसमयकरोऽयं रिक्तभावं व्यनक्ति ॥ ३१ ॥
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Meaning: Oh! you, good person! when you were born, you had not brought with you the clothes to wear, the money to spend, the food to eat, the servants to serve, and the physical strength to help. None of these things was brought by you with you at the time of your birth. You were born naked and your fist was closed at that time. That closed fist was a pointer to your good luck, promising you future greatness and happiness. It was full of implication. But at the time of death, that closed fist becomes open – a phenomenon indicative of the hard truth that whatever you have got will remain only here behind and you will have to go alone. It also suggests that you earned no doubt but nothing remained in your hands when you passed away. (31)
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