वशं प्राप्ते मृत्योः पितरि तनये वा सुहृदि वा
शुचालं तप्यन्ते भृशमुदर ताडं जडधियः।
असारे संसारे विरमपरिणामे तु विदुषां
वियोगं वैराग्यं दृढयति वितन्यञ्शमसुखम्॥
इन्दिस्चे स्प्रूचे २७५६ प्रबोधचन्द्रोदयम्
vaśaṁ prāpte mṛtyoḥ pitari tanaye vā suhṛdi vā
śucālaṁ tapyante bhṛśamudara tāḍaṁ jaḍadhiyaḥ|
asāre saṁsāre viramapariṇāme tu viduṣāṁ
viyogaṁ vairāgyaṁ dṛḍhayati vitanyañśamasukham||
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Confronted with the tragic situation where one’s father, son or a bosom friends has succumbed to death, a man wails beating his stomach.. and the poet says such a person who cries beating the breast is foolish. According to the poet, in this world of uncertainty, the learned person should understand the limits of human existence.. the uncertain timings for arrival and departure.. and such departures should be utilized as occasions for a learned person to fortify his sense of stoic detachment and his discerning capacity to accept the inevitable..
Of course, we have to accept life .. we can do that wailing or in a mor balanced way. That is our choice.
