 | William Joseph Wilkins - 1887 - Страниц: 548
...to thee ! " When this is done, as a consolation to them the following or other texts are recited : " Foolish is he who seeks permanence in the human state...plantain tree ; transient, like the foam of the sea." "When a body formed of five elements to receive the rewards of deeds done in its own former person... | |
 | William Joseph Wilkins - 1887 - Страниц: 522
...to thee ! " When this is done, as a consolation to them the following or other texts are recited : " Foolish is he who seeks permanence in the human state...plantain tree ; transient, like the foam of the sea." " When a body formed of five elements to receive the rewards of deeds done in its own former person... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - 1903 - Страниц: 380
...alleviate their grief by reciting after the priests verses culled from the Puranas. " Foolish ashes, who seeks permanence in the human state, unsolid like...low must finally perish ; all that is elevated must ultimately fall ; all compound bodies must end in dissolution ; and life is concluded with death. Unwilling... | |
 | Anthropological Society of Bombay - 1894 - Страниц: 566
...Several verses of this character are also advised by the Shastras to be repeated, like the following :— "Foolish is he, who seeks permanence in the human state, unsolid like the stem of a plantain-tree, and transient like the waves of the sea." When a body formed of five elements, air,... | |
 | Edward Moor - 1999 - Страниц: 702
...following, are then recited.— " l. Foolish is he who seek for permanence in the human state; insolid, like the stem of the plantain tree; transient, like the foam of the sea. 41 2. When a body, formed of five elements, to receive the reward of deeds done in its own former person,... | |
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When a body, formed of five elements to receive the reward of deeds done in its own former person, reverts to its five original principles, what room is there for regret? 
