You can buy and own all that is on earth,
But will you enjoy it after your death?
Live, and, while living, earn only for living;
For, you can't carry the surplus while leaving!
From earth, plants produce things useful numerous;
Man only consumes quantity enormous!
The most uncommon is common sense;
And most inhuman is the human.
Man is said to be a social animal
Since, in him, beastly qualities still prevail
Man invented money for trading,
But, on man, money is now treading!
Coming out of the womb
Man walks unto his tomb.
Man who will rest at last in a coffin
Wrests until his last to fill his coffer.
Lord hath rightly named woman
Since she is made to woo man
"Do not expect the fruit of action"*
But be on guard for its reaction!
(Expounds Lord Krishna in Bhagvat Gita)