Uttarajjhayana 128.1.24_9

128.1.24_9

jā jā vaccai rayaṇī | na sā paḍiniyattaī /
ahammaṃ kuṇamāṇassa | aphalā janti rāio ||24||

"The day that goes by will never return; the days elapse without profit to him who acts contrary to the Law. (24)
"The day that goes by will never return; the days elapse with much profit to him who acts up to the Law." (25)
'Having lived together in one place, and both parties having acquired righteousness, we shall, O my sons, afterwards go forth (as monks) and beg alms from house to house.' (26)
"He who can call Death his friend, or who can escape him, or who knows that he will not die, might perhaps decide: this shall be done tomorrow. (27)
"We will even now adopt the Law, after the adoption of which we shall not be born again. The future has nothing in store for us (which we have not experienced already). Faith will enable us to put aside attachment." (28)
(Bhrigu speaks to his wife Vâsishthî.) 'Domestic life ceases (to have attraction) for one who has lost his sons; Vâsishthî, the time has arrived for me to turn mendicant friar. As long as a tree retains its branches, it is really a tree; when they are lopped off, it is called a trunk. (29)
'As a bird without its wings, as a king in battle without his followers, as a merchant on a boat without his goods, even so am I without my sons.' (30)
"You have brought together all these objects of desire, and have collected many exquisitely pleasant things. Let us, therefore, fully enjoy the pleasures; afterwards we shall go forth on the road of salvation." (31)