Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus, with thy hand! Cherish
the road of peace. Nirvana has been shown by Sugata (Buddha).
"Here I shall dwell in the rain, here in winter and summer," thus the
fool meditates, and does not think of death.
Death comes and carries off that man, honored for his children and
flocks, his mind distracted, as a flood carries off a sleeping village.
Sons are no help, nor a father, nor relations; there is no help from
kinsfolk for one whom death has seized.
A wise and well-behaved man who knows the meaning of this should quickly
clear the way that leads to Nirvana.
CHAPTER XXI
MISCELLANEOUS
If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man
leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.
He who, by causing pain to others, wishes to obtain pleasure for
himself, he, entangled in the bonds of hatred, will never be free from
hatred.
What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not to be done is done;
the desires of unruly, thoughtless people are always increasing.
But they whose whole watchfulness is always directed to their body, who
do not follow what ought not to be done, and who steadfastly do what
ought to be done, the desires of such watchful and wise people will come
to an end.
A true Brahmana goes scathless, though he have killed father and mother,
and two valiant kings, though he has destroyed a kingdom with all its
subjects.
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