Thus Spake Sri Rama

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The childhood is spent in fun and frolic; the mind remains absolutely

restless at that time. In youth man runs after sensual pleasure and can

never expect to get peace. And in old age, the body becomes diseased

and starts decaying. At this stage, man experiences nothing but sorrow.

 

As the bee leaves the lotus dried up due to snowfall, so also when this

bdy is attacked with disease and old age, the bee of life leaves it,

and the lake of the world becomes completely dried.

 

This fragile and changeable body with its complexities of the entrails

and the nerves -- this too is a prolific source of sorrows.

 

Contd....