Subhashitham: 009
आयुर्वर्षसतं नृणां परिमितं रात्रौ तदर्धं गतं
तस्यार्धस्य परस्य चार्धमपरं बालस्त्ववृद्धयो: I
शेषं व्याधिवियोग ढु:ख सहितं सेवा दिभी र्नीयते
जीवे वारितरङ्ग चञ्चलतरे सौख्यं कुत: प्राणिनां II
The
life of man ( as ordained ) is limited to a hundred years; half of it passes
away in the night; of the remaining ,half, one-half again is passed in
childhood and old age ; and the rest which has its illness , bereavements , and
troubles is spent in serving (others ).What happiness can there be for
mortals in a life which is even more uncertain than the ripples on the surface
of water? –Vairaagya satakam
We
have in the Atmabodha of Sri Sankara bhagavath pada a beautiful sloka about the
fleeting nature of human life;
उपादाने s खिलाधारे जगन्ति परमेश्वरे I
सर्गस्थिलयान्यान्ति बुद्बुदानीव वारिणि II Verse-8
Like bubbles in water
, the worlds rise, exist and dissolve in
the supreme self.
We have also in
Thirumaalai of Sri Thonaradipodi alwar a pasuram reflecting
similar sentiments:
veda nool piraayam nooru manusar thaam puguvarelum
Paadiyum urangippogum ninravippadinaiyaandu
Pedai balaganadagum pini pasi mooppu thunbam
Aadalal piravi venden arangamaa nagarulaane.
Sri
Krishnaya thubyam nama:
VNMukundan.
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