Bhavana Sataka

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

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भार्या स्नुषा च पितरौ स्वसृपुत्रपौत्रा एते न सन्ति तव केऽपि न च त्वमेषाम् । संयोग एष खगवृक्षवदल्पकाल एवं हि सर्वजगतोऽपि वियोगयोगौ ॥४॥
Meaning :- Oh! you! good person ! in one house or family you stay with the mother, father, wife, son, grandson and daughter-in-law and you are mutually connected with them all. But really speaking they are all different from you and you are different from them all. The relationship between you and them can very well be compered with that which exists between the bird and the tree. That is to say, just as at the time of night different birds come from different directions, sit on the branches of the tree, remain there during the night and disperse when it is morning so also in one and the same house different members of the family coming from different conditions of existence get united and become disunited also when the night in the form of the span of life is over. All the nits of the world are in the same manner disunions in potentiality. (40)
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