VERSE 13

Is there none to advise you? Even when death is imminent, why do you turn your thoughts to your wife and to your possessions? Won't you strive for wisdom at least in your last days? A little effort that way even for a brief moment will bring great gain.

Crazy Man! Why do you bother about your wife and your wealth? Know you not that in all the three worlds the company of the good is the only boat, which will take you across the sea of life?

We must reflect on the attachments that bind us to the world and examine them carefully. Take the case of the wife.

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