Thus Spake Sri Rama

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TIME

 

Aeons after aeons pass, and the flux that is called Time remains

unaffected and steady. Time has therefore neither rise, nor movement,

nor a static condition.

 

Time again is the moon for the lotus of man's youth, and a lion to the

elephant of men's span of life. There is nothing to be found on earth,

big or small, which Times does not make an end of.

 

Just as fire burns the abode of men, Time burns men by rousing various

ambitions in their hearts. This tyrant of Time has no compassion even

for one who is laden with sorrow.

 

O Sage, what ignorant people take for an abode of enjoyment, is in

fact a receptacle of pangs; life is fleeting, youth shortlived,

childhood darkened by lack of intellect, and death terrible.

 

There is no entity in this world which does not fall a prey to this

all-swallowing Time. Time is very terrible. Time swallows up

everything that is visible, sparing nothing. It does not spare even

outstanding personalities.

 

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