Uttarajjhayana 197.1.11_4

197.1.11_4

amma tāya mae bhogā | bhuttā visaphalovamā /
pacchā kaḍuyavivāgā | aṇubandhaduhāvahā ||11||

'O mother, O father, I have enjoyed pleasures which are like poisonous fruit: their consequences are painful, as they entail continuous suffering. (11)
'This body is not permanent, it is impure and of impure origin; it is but a transitory residence (of the soul) and a miserable vessel of suffering. (12)
'I take no delight in this transitory body which one must leave sooner or later, and which is like foam or a bubble. (13)
'And this vain human life, an abode of illness and disease, which is swallowed up by old age and death, does not please me even for a moment. (14)
'Birth is misery, old age is misery, and so are disease and death, and ah, nothing but misery is the Samsâra, in which men suffer distress. (15)
'Leaving behind my fields, house, and gold, my son and wife, and my relations, leaving my body needs must, one day, depart. (16)
'As the effect of Kimpâka-fruit is anything but good, so the effect of pleasures enjoyed is anything but good. (17)
'He who starts on a long journey with no provisions, will come to grief on his way there, suffering from hunger and thirst. (18)
'Thus he who without having followed the Law, starts for the next world, will come to grief on his way there, suffering from illness and disease. (19)
'He who starts on a long journey with provisions, will be happy on his way there, not suffering from hunger and thirst. (20)