The
Mundakopanishad, after a glowing
description of the welcome accorded in swarga to the performer of sacrifices-how he is
borne there on the rays of the sun and told in loving terms that he has earned the
pleasures lie is going to enjoy-goes on to say:Perishable
and transient are the results achieved by sacrifices. The person of small wisdom who
having won them congratulates himself on having eternal bliss is caught up again in decay
and death. He only enjoys the fruits of his deeds in a distinguished place in swarga, and
when they are exhausted he returns either to this world or enters a lower one.
The only happiness worth a wise mans seeking is
permanent happiness as distinguished from fleeting pleasures that are exhausted by
enjoyment like a credit account in a bank, either here or in the world beyond. |