Everything in this world is
ephemeral,transitory; it is here today,
but it may not be here tomorrow.
So, if you desire for something,
seek the Lord, who has no decline.
Instead, if you crave for progeny,
wealth and all comforts, you will suffer
untold misery when you are called upon
to leave everything and depart.
At that moment, you would lament,
"Oh, did I love so deep that I may weep so loud?"
In this transitory life, joy and pain
are also perforce transitory. There is
nothing here fit to be worshipped as eternal.
So, to get immersed in this search
for the evanescent and to forget the
Supreme and the Everlasting is indeed unbecoming of man.
