 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1841 - Страниц: 656
...certain verses, and to refrain from tears and lamentations.* * The following are among the verses : — " Foolish is he who seeks permanence in the human state,...low must finally perish ; all that is elevated must ultimately fall." The Hindus seldom erect tombs, except to men CHAI>. XI who fall in battle, or widows... | |
 | Henry Thomas Colebrooke - 1858 - Страниц: 338
...following or other suitable moral sentences, refraining at the same time from tears and lamentation. J. "Foolish is he who seeks permanence in the human state,...plantain tree, transient like the foam of the sea." 2. "When a body, formed of five elements to receive the reward of deeds done in its own former person,... | |
 | Henry Thomas Colebrooke - 1858 - Страниц: 364
...ocean, the Gods themselves pass away: how should not that bubble, mortal man, meet destruction ? " 4. "All that is low must finally perish; all that is elevated must ultimately fall; all compound bodies must end in dissolution, and life is concluded with death. " 5.... | |
 | Hannah Catherine Mullens - 1865 - Страниц: 286
...consolation in repeating sentences on the shortness and vanity of human life, such as these : — " Foolish is he who seeks permanence in the human state...plantain tree ; transient like the foam of the sea." CEREMONIES AT THE HOUSE. 217 " The earth is perishable ; the oceans, the gods themselves pass away... | |
 | Hannah Catherine Mullens - 1867 - Страниц: 306
...sought consolation in repeating sentences on the shortness and vanity of human life, such as these: — "Foolish is he who seeks permanence in the human state;...plantain tree; transient like the foam of the sea." "The earth is perishable; the oceans, the gods themselves pass away; how shall not that bubble, mortal... | |
 | Clara L. Matéaux - 1872 - Страниц: 286
...away. How should not that bubble, mortal man, meet destruction ? ' ' Foolish is he who seeks to remain in the human state : unsolid, like the stem of the plantain tree ; transient, like the form of the tree.' " Some hours after the ceremony is over, the nearest relation, preceded by some... | |
 | Guthrie, Katherine Blanche - 1877 - Страниц: 330
...perishable, the ocean, the gods themselves pass away, how should not that bubble man meet destruction ! All that is low must finally perish, all that is elevated must ultimately fall, all compound bodies must end in dissolution, and life be concluded in death." An endless... | |
 | Constance E. Plumptre - 1878 - Страниц: 432
...other suitable moral sentences, refraining at the same time from tears and lamentations : — 1 . ' Foolish is he who seeks permanence in the human state,...plantain tree, transient like the foam of the sea.' 2. 'When a body, formed of five elements to receive the reward of deeds done in its own former person,... | |
 | Constance E. Plumptre - 1878 - Страниц: 422
...or other suitable moral sentences, refraining at the same time from tears and lamentations : — 1. 'Foolish is he who seeks permanence in the human state,...plantain tree, transient like the foam of the sea.' 2. 'When a body, formed of five elements to receive the reward of deQds done in its own former person,... | |
 | Hannah Catherine Mullens - 1885 - Страниц: 268
...consolation in repeating sentences on the shortness and vanity of human life, such as these : — " Foolish is he who seeks permanence in the human state ; unsolid like the stem of the plaintain tree ; transient like the foam of the sea." "The earth is perishable; the oceans, the gods... | |
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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? 
