Prakrit Prose and Verse

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Apbhramsa Sahitya Academy

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The person without ego is always loving among relatives and non-relatives in the world. He obtains knowledge, honour and wealth and accomplishes his own task.
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All the (worldly) pleasures which are unsteady like the lightening have been apprehended as vanished. All the places are impermanent like the bubble of water.
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Property, order, foodstuff and health are a coincidence Property ord like the group of birds at night on any one tree. They are transient like the ring of light around the sun or the moon.
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In the world even the sensuous possession of persons is transient like the evenings and youth of men is unsteady like midday.
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The moon diminishes and again increases, and passed away season comes again. But youth does not return like a small fish gone into the flow of water of a river.
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In the world houses, beds, seats and utensils also are transient like the collection of ice-pieces. Even honour and fame are transient like the redness of the sky in the evening.
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