It requires all the strength one can
collect to carry a load up-hill. The gear,
the accelerator, has both to operate to haul a car up a steep.
The mentor who taught you cannot
do anything to haul it; he can only guide.
The control of the senses, changing
the mode of life, the habits of thought,
has to be done by you.
The senses say, "Why struggle?
Eat, drink and be merry, while you can,"
but, the mentor says, "Death lands on you
without notice; overcome its fear now, before he calls.
"Now is the true friend; yesterday has deceived you and gone; tomorrow is a doubtful visitor. Today is the fastest friend; hold fast to it."
divinely sent
