Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus, with thy hand! Cherish the road of peace. Nirvâna 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 Nirvâna.
[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.