ksana-bhangura-perishable at any moment

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aho dainyam aho kastam

parakyaih ksana-bhanguraih

yan nopakuryad asvarthair

martyah sva-jnati-vigrahaih

 

This body, which is eatable by jackals and dogs after death, does not

actually do any good for me, the spirit soul. It is usable only for a short

time and may perish at any moment. The body and its possessions, its riches

and relatives, must all be engaged for the benefit of others, or else they

will be sources of tribulation and misery.

 

SB 6.10.10

 

 

 

rayah kalatram pasavah sutadayo

grha mahi kunjara-kosa-bhutayah

sarve 'rtha-kamah ksana-bhangurayusah

kurvanti martyasya kiyat priyam calah

 

One's riches, beautiful wife and female friends, one's sons and daughters,

one's residence, one's domestic animals like cows, elephants and horses,

one's treasury, economic development and sense gratification-indeed, even

the lifetime in which one can enjoy all these material opulences-are

certainly temporary and flickering. Since the opportunity of human life is

temporary, what benefit can these material opulences give to a sensible man

who has understood himself to be eternal?

 

SB 7.7.39

 

 

pranaih svaih praninah panti

sadhavah ksana-bhanguraih

baddha-vairesu bhutesu

mohitesv atma-mayaya

 

People in general, being bewildered by the illusory energy of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, are always engaged in animosity toward one another.

But devotees, even at the risk of their own temporary lives, try to save

them.

 

SB 8.7.39

 

 

 

durlabho manuso deho

dehinam ksana-bhangurah

tatrapi durlabham manye

vaikuntha-priya-darsanam

 

For the conditioned souls, the human body is most difficult to achieve, and

it can be lost at any moment. But I think that even those who have achieved

human life rarely gain the association of pure devotees, who are dear to the

Lord of Vaikuntha.

 

SB 11.2.29