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thou acquired by thy own anions, with thcfe gratify 

 thy foul. 



2. Who is thy wife; who thy fon ? How extremely 

 wonderful is even this world ! Whofe creature thou alfo 

 art ; whence thou cameft. Meditate on this, O brother, 

 and again on this. 



3. Make no boaft of opulence, attendants, youth ; 

 aiWthefe time fnatches away in the twinkling of an eye : 

 checking all this lllulion like Maya, fet thy heart on the 

 foot of Brahme, fpeedily gaining knowledge of him. 



4. As a drop of water moves tremulous on the lotos- 

 leaf, thus is human life inexpreffibly flippcry : the com- 

 pany of the virtuous endures here but for a moment ; 

 that is our (hip in palling the ocean of the world. 



5. The body is tottering; the head, grey; the mouth, 

 toothlefs : the delicate ftaff trembles in the hand which 

 holds it: ftill the flaggon of covetoulhefs remains un- 

 emptied. 



6. How foon are weborn ! how foon dead ! how long 

 lying in the mother's womb 1 How great is the preva- 

 lence of vice in this world ! Wherefore, O man, haft 

 thou complacency here below ? 



7. Day and night, evening and morning, winter and 

 fpring, depart and return : time fports, life pafTes on ; 

 yet the wind of expectation coniinues unreftrained. 



8. To dwell under the manfion of the high gods at 

 the foot of a tree, to have the ground for a couch, and 

 a hide for vefture, to renounce all extrinfick enjoy- 

 ments; whom doth not fuch devotion fill with delight ? 



9. Place 



