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BHAVANABODH - TWELVE SENTIMENTS
First Picture
ANITYA BHAVANA (Contemplation of Transience of every Worldly Object)
(Upajati poetic form) "Vidyuta Laxmi Prabhuta Patanga,
Ayushya te to Jalana Taranga; Purandari Chapa Ananga Ranga,
Shun Rachie Tyan Kshanano Prasanga!" Special Meaning - Wealth and riches are shortlived like a lightning in the sky which no sooner gives a flash of light, vanishes leaving more darkness than before. Similarly wealth and prosperity come to a man but they also leave him a pauper behind. Power and status are like the fleeting colours of a butterfly whose life is only of a few moments. A man may get high power and social status, but after some time feels broken down when they leave him suddenly. Life is like the waves of ocean water which constantly move up and down. Similarly a soul gets birth in a body which lasts for some time and at death it leaves the body compulsorily and gets born again in another body. Sensual pleasures are comparable to a rainbow in the monsoon sky wherein due to sunrays we find many disparate colours called vibgyor but none of them remains for long, they appear only for a moment and suddenly vanish. Just as the fleeting colours of a rainbow of a monsoon sky, in youth the pangs of sex attraction and such sensual pleasures are experienced for some time and later on, nearing oldage none of them remains. In short O you living soul! All these objects of pleasure and enjoyment are only momentary and how can a wise man be bound by such shackles ? All these are fleeting and vanishing while your soul is eternal; therefore you work towards realising the true nature of your eternal soul and obtain immortality!
DEJECTION OF A BEGGAR Example :- Here is an example of transient and dreamlike happiness. Once a miserable beggar while wandering aimlessly in a forest, felt hungry and so languidly he reached a nearby village wherein approaching a common man's home, he ardently begged for some food to quell his hunger. The householder's wife, feeling pity at the beggar, gave him left over sweet
