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DISGUST AT SORROW.
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-all his friends who once loved him, clad in white cerements, 245
Now no longer delighting to behold him, remove him to lie in some hollow ditch (tomb). The prince hearing the name of DEATH, his heart constrained by painful thoughts, 246
He asked, “Is this the only dead man, or does the world contain like instances ?' Replying thus he said, ‘All, everywhere, the same; he who begins his life ) must end it likewise; 247
'The strong and lusty and the middle-aged, having a body, cannot but decay (and die).' The prince now harassed and perplexed in mind; his body bent upon the chariot leaning-board, 248
With bated breath and struggling accents, stammered thus, 'Oh worldly men ! how fatally deluded ! beholding everywhere the body brought to dust, yet everywhere the more carelessly living ; 249
*The heart is neither lifeless wood nor stone, and yet it thinks not "all is vanishing !". Then turning, he directed his chariot to go back, and no longer waste his time in wandering. 250
How could he, whilst in fear of instant death, go wandering here and there with lightened heart! The charioteer remembering the king's exhortation feared much nor dared go back; 251
Straightforward then he pressed his panting steeds, passed onward to the gardens, (came to) the groves and babbling streams of crystal water, the pleasant trees, spread out with gaudy verdure, 252
The noble living things and varied beasts so wonderful, the flying creatures and their notes melodious, all charming and delightful to the eye and ear, even as the heavenly Nandavana. 253
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |