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impure origin; it is but a transitory residence (of the soul) and a miserable vessel of suffering. (12)
'I take no delight in this transitory body which one must leave sooner or later, and which is like foam or a bubble. (13)
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'And this vain human life, an abode of illness and disease, which is swallowed up by old age and death, does not please me even for a moment. (14)
'Birth is misery, old age is misery, and so are disease and death, and ah, nothing but misery is the Samsâra, in which men suffer distress. (15)
'Leaving behind my fields, house, and gold, my son and wife, and my relations, leaving my body I needs must, one day, depart. (16)
'As the effect of Kimpâka-fruit1 is anything but good, so the effect of pleasures enjoyed anything but good. (17)
'He who starts on a long journey with no provisions, will come to grief on his way there, suffering from hunger and thirst. (18)
'Thus he who without having followed the Law, starts for the next world, will come to grief on his way there, suffering from illness and disease. (19)
'He who starts on a long journey with provisions, will be happy on his way there, not suffering from hunger and thirst. (20)
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'Thus he who after having followed the Law, starts for the next world, will be happy on his journey there, being exempt from Karman and suffering. (21)
'As when a house is on fire, the landlord carries away valuable things and leaves behind those of
1 Cucumis Colocynthus.
