अजीर्यताममृतानामुपेत्य
जीर्यन्मर्त्यः क्वधःस्थः प्रजानन् ।
अभिध्यायन् वर्णरतिप्रमोदान्
अतिदीर्घे जीविते को रमेत ॥ २८॥
ajīryatāmamṛtānāmupetya
jīryanmartyaḥ kvadhaḥsthaḥ prajānan .
abhidhyāyan varṇaratipramodān
atidīrghe jīvite ko rameta .. 28..
Who among decaying mortals here below, having approached the undecaying immortals and coming to know that his higher needs may be fulfilled by them, would exult in a life over long,after he had pondered on the pleasures arising from beauty and song?
Commentary:
“Immortal thou art, O Master. Mortal am I. When a mortal is face-to-face with an immortal, what mortal things will he ask for? He will ask for immortal things only, and you are offering me all mortal things with all these glorious descriptions that you have placed before me just now. Would I ask for mortal things from an immortal teacher like you?” Abhidhyāyan varṇaratipramodān: “What is enjoyment? It is colour, sound and motion—colour, titillation of the sense organs, and imagined joy appearing to arise from objects which are falsely considered as the source of our joy. Considering all these defects of sense enjoyment, who will ask for long life in this world?” Atidīrghe jīvite ko rameta: “Who will be happy with a long life in this world which is infested with destruction of every kind and sorrows galore?”
Swami Vivekananda Says —
‘What decaying mortal, living in the world below and possessed of knowledge, having gained the company of the undecaying and the immortal, will delight in long life, knowing the nature of the pleasure produced by song and sport?’[Source]
Every sense-activity results in a reaction. Everything is evanescent. Enjoyment, misery, luxury, wealth, power, and poverty, even life itself, are all evanescent.[Source] “While there is birth there is death, and again entering the mother’s womb. This is the manifest evil of transmigration. How, O man, dost thou want satisfaction in such a world!”[Source]
There is death, you know, inevitable death, in water, in air, in the palace, in the prison – death everywhere. What makes you fearless? When you have realised what you are — that infinite spirit, deathless, birthless. Him no fire can burn, no instrument kill, no poison hurt.[Source] If I had to go after a few handfuls of gold, my life would not be worth living! I should die.[Source]
