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धन्य धन्य हा नरदेहो । येथील अपूर्वता पाहो ।
जो जो कीजे परमार्थलाहो । तो तो पावे सिद्धीतें
dhanya dhanya hā naradeho | yethīla apūrvatā pāho |
jo jo kīje paramārthalāho | to to pāve siddhītem
Blessed, blessed is this human body (nara-deha); see its unprecedented nature; whatever endeavour of paramārtha is made, that attains fulfillment (siddhi).
या नरदेहाचेनि लागवेगें । येक लागले भक्तिसंगें ।
येकीं परम वीतरागें । गिरिकंदरें सेविलीं
yā naradehāceni lāgavegem | yeka lāgale bhaktisamgem |
yekīm parama vītarāgem | girikamdarem sevilīm
By reliance on this human body, some have joined to the company of devotion; some with supreme passion-lessness (parama-vīta-rāga) have frequented mountain caves.
येक फिरती तिर्थाटणें । येक करिती पुरश्चरणें ।
येक अखंड नामस्मरणें । निष्ठावंत राहिले
yeka phiratī tirthāṭaṇem | yeka karitī puraścaraṇem |
yeka akhamḍa nāmasmaraṇem | niṣṭhāvamta rāhile
Some wander on pilgrimages; some perform mantra-repetitions (puraścaraṇa); some stand firm in ceaseless name-remembrance (akhaṇḍa nāma-smaraṇa).
येक तपें करूं लागले । येक योगाभ्यासी माहाभले ।
येक अभ्यासयोगें जाले । वेदशास्त्री वित्पन्न
yeka tapem karūm lāgale | yeka yogābhyāsī māhābhale |
yeka abhyāsayogem jāle | vedaśāstrī vitpanna
Some have taken up austerities; some [became] excellent yoga-practitioners; some through study-yoga became learned in Veda-śāstra (vyutpanna).
येकीं हटनिग्रह केला । देह अत्यंत पीडिला ।
येकीं देह ठाईं पाडिला । भावार्थबळें
yekīm haṭanigraha kelā | deha atyamta pīḍilā |
yekīm deha ṭhāīm pāḍilā | bhāvārthabaḷem
Some practiced violent restraint (haṭha-nigraha), afflicting the body extremely; some laid down the body at one place through the strength of bhāva (bhāvārtha-bala).
येक माहानुभाव विख्यात । येक भक्त जाले ख्यात ।
येक सिद्ध अकस्मात । गगन वोळगती
yeka māhānubhāva vikhyāta | yeka bhakta jāle khyāta |
yeka siddha akasmāta | gagana voḷagatī
Some became famous mahānubhāvas (great experiencers); some devotees became renowned; some siddhas suddenly move through the sky (gagana-voḷagatī).
येक तेजीं तेजचि जाले । येक जळीं मिळोन गेले ।
येक ते दिसतचि अदृश्य जाले । वायोस्वरूपीं
yeka tejīm tejaci jāle | yeka jaḷīm miḷona gele |
yeka te disataci adṛśya jāle | vāyosvarūpīm
Some became fire in fire; some merged into water; some, being seen, became invisible — in the form of air (vāyu-svarūpa).
येक येकचि बहुधा होती । येक देखतचि निघोनि जाती ।
येक बैसले असतांची भ्रमती । नाना स्थानीं समुद्रीं
yeka yekaci bahudhā hotī | yeka dekhataci nighoni jātī |
yeka baisale asatāmcī bhramatī | nānā sthānīm samudrīm
Some became one-into-many; some, while being watched, simply left; some, while seated, wandered to many places and across oceans.
येक भयानकावरी बैसती । एक अचेतनें चालविती ।
येक प्रेतें उठविती । तपोबळेंकरूनी
yeka bhayānakāvarī baisatī | eka acetanem cālavitī |
yeka pretem uṭhavitī | tapobaḷemkarūnī
Some sit atop terrible beings; some make the inert move; some raise corpses — by the strength of austerity (tapas-bala).
येक तेजें मंद करिती । येक जळें आटविती ।
येक वायो निरोधिती । विश्वजनाचा
yeka tejem mamda karitī | yeka jaḷem āṭavitī |
yeka vāyo nirodhitī | viśvajanācā
Some dim the sun; some evaporate water; some restrain the wind of the world's people.
ऐसे हटनिग्रही कृतबुद्धी । जयांस वोळल्या नाना सिद्धी ।
ऐसे सिद्ध लक्षावधी । होऊन गेले
aise haṭanigrahī kṛtabuddhī | jayāmsa voḷalyā nānā siddhī |
aise siddha lakṣāvadhī | hoūna gele
Such are the haṭha-nigrahī with resolved intellect (kṛta-buddhi); many siddhis have come to their service (voḷaḷyā); lakhs of such siddhas have come and gone.
येक मनोसिद्ध येक वाचासिद्ध । येक अल्पसिद्ध येक सर्वसिद्ध ।
ऐसे नाना प्रकारीचे सिद्ध । विख्यात जाले
yeka manosiddha yeka vācāsiddha | yeka alpasiddha yeka sarvasiddha |
aise nānā prakārīce siddha | vikhyāta jāle
Some are mind-siddhas, some speech-siddhas; some partial-siddhas, some total-siddhas; in many such kinds, siddhas have become famous.
येक नवविधाभक्तिराजपंथें । गेले, तरले परलोकींच्या निजस्वार्थें ।
येक योगी गुप्तपंथें । ब्रह्मभुवना पावले
yeka navavidhābhaktirājapamthem | gele, tarale paralokīmcyā nijasvārthem |
yeka yogī guptapamthem | brahmabhuvanā pāvale
Some, going by the royal path of the nine-fold devotion (nava-vidhā bhakti-rāja-pantha), were saved by their essential interest in the other world. Some yogis by the hidden path (gupta-pantha) reached Brahma-bhuvana.
येक वैकुंठास गेले । येक सत्यलोकीं राहिले ।
येक कैळासीं बैसले । शिवरूप होऊनी
yeka vaikumṭhāsa gele | yeka satyalokīm rāhile |
yeka kaiḷāsīm baisale | śivarūpa hoūnī
Some went to Vaikuṇṭha; some remained in Satya-loka; some sat in Kailāsa — having become Śiva-form.
येक इंद्रलोकीं इंद्र जाले । येक पितृलोकीं मिळाले ।
येक ते उडगणी बैसले । येक ते क्षीरसागरी
yeka imdralokīm imdra jāle | yeka pitṛlokīm miḷāle |
yeka te uḍagaṇī baisale | yeka te kṣīrasāgarī
Some became Indra in Indra-loka; some merged into Pitṛ-loka; some ascended into the constellations (uḍagaṇī), some into the ocean of milk (kṣīra-sāgara).
सलोकता समीपता । स्वरूपता सायोज्यता ।
या चत्वार मुक्ती तत्वतां । इच्छा सेऊनि राहिले
salokatā samīpatā | svarūpatā sāyojyatā |
yā catvāra muktī tatvatām | icchā seūni rāhile
Sāloka, sāmīpya, sārūpa, sāyojya — these four liberations, in truth, choosing among them, [they] remained.
ऐसे सिद्ध साधू संत । स्वहिता प्रवर्तले अनंत ।
ऐसा हा नरदेह विख्यात । काय म्हणौन वर्णावा
aise siddha sādhū samta | svahitā pravartale anamta |
aisā hā naradeha vikhyāta | kāya mhaṇauna varṇāvā
Such siddhas, sādhus, saints — countless have undertaken their own welfare. This renowned human body — how is it to be described?
या नरदेहाचेनि आधारें । नाना साधनांचेनि द्वारें ।
मुख्य सारासारविचारें । बहुत सुटले
yā naradehāceni ādhārem | nānā sādhanāmceni dvārem |
mukhya sārāsāravicārem | bahuta suṭale
Through the support (ādhāra) of this human body, through the door of many disciplines, principally by the reasoning of essence-vs-non-essence (sārāsāra-vicāra) — many have been freed.
या नरदेहाचेनि संमंधें । बहुत पावले उत्तम पदें ।
अहंता सांडून स्वानंदे । सुखी जाले
yā naradehāceni sammamdhem | bahuta pāvale uttama padem |
ahamtā sāmḍūna svānamde | sukhī jāle
By relation to this human body, many have attained the highest ranks; having discarded ego-sense (ahamtā), they became happy in self-bliss (svānanda).
नरदेहीं येऊन सकळ । उधरागती पावले केवळ ।
येथें संशयाचें मूळ । खंडोन गेलें
naradehīm yeūna sakaḷa | udharāgatī pāvale kevaḷa |
yethem samśayācem mūḷa | khamḍona gelem
Coming into the human body, all have attained the upward movement (uddhara-gati); here the root of doubt (samśaya-mūla) has been severed.
पशुदेहीं नाहीं गती । ऐसे सर्वत्र बोलती ।
म्हणौन नरदेहींच प्राप्ती । परलोकाची
paśudehīm nāhīm gatī | aise sarvatra bolatī |
mhaṇauna naradehīmca prāptī | paralokācī
In the animal body there is no further progress (gati) — so everyone says; therefore only in the human body is the attainment of the other world (para-loka-prāpti).
संत महंत ऋषी मुनी । सिद्ध साधू समाधानी ।
भक्त मुक्त ब्रह्मज्ञानी । विरक्त योगी तपस्वी
samta mahamta ṛṣī munī | siddha sādhū samādhānī |
bhakta mukta brahmajñānī | virakta yogī tapasvī
Saints, great ones, ṛṣis, munis; siddhas, sādhus, the composed; devotees, the liberated, Brahman-knowers; the dispassionate, yogis, ascetics —
तत्त्वज्ञानी योगाभ्यासी । ब्रह्मच्यारी दिगंबर संन्यासी ।
शडदर्शनी तापसी । नरदेहींच जाले
tattvajñānī yogābhyāsī | brahmacyārī digambara samnyāsī |
śaḍadarśanī tāpasī | naradehīmca jāle
Tattva-knowers, yoga-practitioners; brahmacārīs, naked (digambara) ones, sannyāsīs; followers of the six darśanas, tāpasas — [all] came into being in the human body.
म्हणौनी नरदेह श्रेष्ठ । नाना देहांमध्यें वरिष्ठ ।
जयाचेनि चुके आरिष्ट । येमयातनेचें
mhaṇaunī naradeha śreṣṭha | nānā dehāmmadhyem variṣṭha |
jayāceni cuke āriṣṭa | yemayātanecem
Therefore the human body is supreme (śreṣṭha), chief among many bodies; by which the calamity (ariṣṭa) of the Yama-torture is averted.
नरदेह हा स्वाधेन । सहसा नव्हे पराधेन ।
परंतु हा परोपकारीं झिजऊन । कीर्तिरूपें उरवावा
naradeha hā svādhena | sahasā navhe parādhena |
paramtu hā paropakārīm jhijaūna | kīrtirūpem uravāvā
The human body is self-controlling (svādhīna), never wholly other-dependent; but it should be worn down in service to others (paropakāra) and left behind in the form of fame (kīrti-rūpa).
अश्व वृषभ गाई म्हैसी । नाना पशु स्त्रिया दासी ।
कृपाळूपणें सोडितां त्यांसी । कोणी तरी धरील
aśva vṛṣabha gāī mhaisī | nānā paśu striyā dāsī |
kṛpāḷūpaṇem soḍitām tyāmsī | koṇī tarī dharīla
Horses, bulls, cows, buffalo; many beasts, women, maid-servants — kind-heartedly releasing any of them, someone [else] will just [re]bind them.
तैसा नव्हे नरदेहो । इछा जाव अथवा रहो ।
परी यास कोणी पाहो । बंधन करूं सकेना
taisā navhe naradeho | ichā jāva athavā raho |
parī yāsa koṇī pāho | bamdhana karūm sakenā
Not so the human body: whether desire remain or depart, for it — no one can impose binding.
नरदेह पांगुळ असता । तरी तो कार्यास न येता ।
अथवा थोंटा जरी असता । तरी परोपकारास न ये
naradeha pāmguḷa asatā | tarī to kāryāsa na yetā |
athavā thomṭā jarī asatā | tarī paropakārāsa na ye
If the human body were lame (pānguḷa), it would not serve a purpose; or if it were limbless (thoṇṭā), it would not serve benefit to others.
नरदेह अंध असिला । तरी तो निपटचि वायां गेला ।
अथवा बधिर जरी असिला । तरी निरूपण नाहीं
naradeha amdha asilā | tarī to nipaṭaci vāyām gelā |
athavā badhira jarī asilā | tarī nirūpaṇa nāhīm
If the human body were blind (andha), it would be altogether wasted; or if deaf (badhira), then there is no exposition (nirūpaṇa).
नरदेह असिला मुका । तरी घेतां न ये आशंका ।
अशक्त रोगी नासका । तरी तो निःकारण
naradeha asilā mukā | tarī ghetām na ye āśamkā |
aśakta rogī nāsakā | tarī to niḥkāraṇa
If the human body is mute (mūkā), then one's doubts cannot be received; if weak, diseased, decaying — then it is without purpose (niḥkāraṇa).
नरदेह असिला मूर्ख । अथवा फेंपर्या समंधाचें दुःख ।
तरी तो जाणावा निरार्थक । निश्चयेंसीं
naradeha asilā mūrkha | athavā phemparyā samamdhācem duḥkha |
tarī to jāṇāvā nirārthaka | niścayemsīm
If the human body is foolish (mūrkha), or afflicted with epilepsy or possession — know it with certainty to be purposeless.
इतकें हें नस्तां वेंग । नरदेह आणी सकळ सांग ।
तेणें धरावा परमार्थमार्ग । लागवेगें
itakem hem nastām vemga | naradeha āṇī sakaḷa sāmga |
teṇem dharāvā paramārthamārga | lāgavegem
Without such deficiencies, the human body complete (sānga) — with it one should pursue the paramārtha-mārga swiftly.
सांग नरदेह जोडलें । आणी परमार्थबुद्धि विसर्ले ।
तें मूर्ख कैसें भ्रमलें । मायाजाळीं
sāmga naradeha joḍalem | āṇī paramārthabuddhi visarle |
tem mūrkha kaisem bhramalem | māyājāḷīm
The complete human body has been obtained, and the intellect for paramārtha is forgotten? How has that fool become deluded — caught in the net of māyā (māyā-jāla)?
मृत्तिका खाणोन घर केलें । तें माझें ऐसें दृढ कल्पिलें ।
परी तें बहुतांचें हें कळलें । नाहींच तयासी
mṛttikā khāṇona ghara kelem | tem mājhem aisem dṛḍha kalpilem |
parī tem bahutāmcem hem kaḷalem | nāhīmca tayāsī
Mud is dug and a house is made; "mine" is firmly imagined of it; but that it is the home of many, [the fool] has not understood at all.
मुष्यक म्हणती घर आमुचें । पाली म्हणती घर आमुचें ।
मक्षिका म्हणती घर आमुचें । निश्चयेंसीं
muṣyaka mhaṇatī ghara āmucem | pālī mhaṇatī ghara āmucem |
makṣikā mhaṇatī ghara āmucem | niścayemsīm
Mice say "our house"; lizards say "our house"; flies say "our house" — with certainty.
कांतण्या म्हणती घर आमुचें । मुंगळे म्हणती घर आमुचें ।
मुंग्या म्हणती घर आमुचें । निश्चयेंसीं
kāmtaṇyā mhaṇatī ghara āmucem | mumgaḷe mhaṇatī ghara āmucem |
mumgyā mhaṇatī ghara āmucem | niścayemsīm
Caterpillars say "our house"; worms say "our house"; ants say "our house" — with certainty.
विंचू म्हणती आमुचें घर । सर्प म्हणती आमुचें घर ।
झुरळें म्हणती आमुचें घर । निश्चयेंसीं
vimcū mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | sarpa mhaṇatī āmucem ghara |
jhuraḷem mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | niścayemsīm
Scorpions say "our house"; snakes say "our house"; cockroaches say "our house" — with certainty.
भ्रमर म्हणती आमुचें घर । भिंगोर्या म्हणती आमुचें घर ।
आळीका म्हणती आमुचें घर । काष्ठामधें
bhramara mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | bhimgoryā mhaṇatī āmucem ghara |
āḷīkā mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | kāṣṭhāmadhem
Bees say "our house"; centipedes say "our house"; grubs say "our house" — in the wood.
मार्जरें म्हणती आमुचें घर । श्वानें म्हणती आमुचें घर ।
मुंगसें म्हणती आमुचें घर । निश्चयेंसीं
mārjarem mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | śvānem mhaṇatī āmucem ghara |
mumgasem mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | niścayemsīm
Cats say "our house"; dogs say "our house"; mongooses say "our house" — with certainty.
पुंगळ म्हणती आमुचें घर । वाळव्या म्हणती आमुचें घर ।
पिसुवा म्हणती आमुचें घर । निश्चयेंसीं
pumgaḷa mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | vāḷavyā mhaṇatī āmucem ghara |
pisuvā mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | niścayemsīm
Locusts say "our house"; termites say "our house"; fleas say "our house" — with certainty.
ढेकुण म्हणती आमुचें घर । चांचण्या म्हणती आमुचें घर ।
घुंगर्डी म्हणती आमुचें घर । निश्चयेंसीं
ḍhekuṇa mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | cāmcaṇyā mhaṇatī āmucem ghara |
ghumgarḍī mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | niścayemsīm
Bedbugs say "our house"; ticks say "our house"; gnats say "our house" — with certainty.
पिसोळे म्हणती आमुचें घर । गांधेले म्हणती आमुचें घर ।
सोट म्हणती आमुचें घर । आणी गोंवी
pisoḷe mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | gāmdhele mhaṇatī āmucem ghara |
soṭa mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | āṇī gomvī
Stinging insects say "our house"; hornets say "our house"; snakes say "our house" — and various others (gonvī).
बहुत किड्यांचा जोजार । किती सांगावा विस्तार ।
समस्त म्हणती आमुचें घर । निश्चयेंसीं
bahuta kiḍyāmcā jojāra | kitī sāmgāvā vistāra |
samasta mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | niścayemsīm
Of the many creatures [there is] a crowd; how much should their extent be told? All say "our house" — with certainty.
पशु म्हणती आमुचें घर । दासी म्हणती आमुचें घर ।
घरीचीं म्हणती आमुचें घर । निश्चयेंसीं
paśu mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | dāsī mhaṇatī āmucem ghara |
gharīcīm mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | niścayemsīm
Cattle say "our house"; servants say "our house"; the household people say "our house" — with certainty.
पाहुणे म्हणती आमुचें घर । मित्र म्हणती आमुचें घर ।
ग्रामस्त म्हणती आमुचें घर । निश्चयेंसीं
pāhuṇe mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | mitra mhaṇatī āmucem ghara |
grāmasta mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | niścayemsīm
Guests say "our house"; friends say "our house"; villagers say "our house" — with certainty.
तश्कर म्हणती आमुचें घर । राजकी म्हणती आमुचें घर ।
आग्न म्हणती आमुचें घर । भस्म करूं
taśkara mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | rājakī mhaṇatī āmucem ghara |
āgna mhaṇatī āmucem ghara | bhasma karūm
Thieves say "our house"; tax-men say "our house"; fire says "our house — we shall reduce it to ash."
समस्त म्हणती घर माझें । हें मूर्खहि म्हणे माझें माझें ।
सेवट जड जालें वोझें । टाकिला देश
samasta mhaṇatī ghara mājhem | hem mūrkhahi mhaṇe mājhem mājhem |
sevaṭa jaḍa jālem vojhem | ṭākilā deśa
All say "the house is mine"; the fool too says "mine, mine." In the end the burden grows heavy, and the country is abandoned.
अवघीं घरें भंगलीं । गांवांची पांढरी पडिली ।
मग तें गृहीं राहिलीं । आरण्यस्वापदें
avaghīm gharem bhamgalīm | gāmvāmcī pāmḍharī paḍilī |
maga tem gṛhīm rāhilīm | āraṇyasvāpadem
All houses break down; the village settlement (pāṇḍharī) lies abandoned; then in those homes, wild animals of the forest (āraṇya-svāpada) come to dwell.
किडा मुंगी वाळवी मूषक । त्यांचेंच घर हें निश्चयात्मक ।
हें प्राणी बापुडें मूर्ख । निघोन गेलें
kiḍā mumgī vāḷavī mūṣaka | tyāmcemca ghara hem niścayātmaka |
hem prāṇī bāpuḍem mūrkha | nighona gelem
The worm, the ant, the termite, the mouse — their house, certainly, it is. The living creature, poor fool, has simply left and gone.
ऐसी गृहांची स्थिती । मिथ्या आली आत्मप्रचीती ।
जन्म दों दिसांची वस्ती । कोठें तरी करावी
aisī gṛhāmcī sthitī | mithyā ālī ātmapracītī |
janma dom disāmcī vastī | koṭhem tarī karāvī
Such is the [true] state of houses; their 'mine-ness' has come into self-experience as false (mithyā). Life is a two-day dwelling — to be stayed somewhere, briefly.
देह म्हणावें आपुलें । तरी हें बहुतांकारणें निर्मिलें ।
प्राणीयांच्या माथां घर केलें । वा मस्तकीं भक्षिती
deha mhaṇāvem āpulem | tarī hem bahutāmkāraṇem nirmilem |
prāṇīyāmcyā māthām ghara kelem | vā mastakīm bhakṣitī
Should one say the body is one's own? But it has been made for many purposes. The [parasites'] house is built on the head of the living, on the skull they feed.
रोमेमुळी किडे भक्षिती । खांडुक जाल्यां किडे पडती ।
पोटामध्ये जंत होती । प्रत्यक्ष प्राणियांच्या
romemuḷī kiḍe bhakṣitī | khāmḍuka jālyām kiḍe paḍatī |
poṭāmadhye jamta hotī | pratyakṣa prāṇiyāmcyā
Creatures eat at hair-roots (roma-mūla); when wounds appear, worms settle in; in the belly, worms are born — visibly, in living creatures.
कीड लागे दांतासी । कीड लागे डोळ्यांसी ।
कीड लागे कर्णासी । आणी गोमाशा भरती
kīḍa lāge dāmtāsī | kīḍa lāge ḍoḷyāmsī |
kīḍa lāge karṇāsī | āṇī gomāśā bharatī
Worm-decay affects the teeth; the eyes; the ears; and flies swarm [around the body].
गोचिड अशुद्ध सेविती । चामवा मांसांत घुसती ।
पिसोळे चाऊन पळती । अकस्मात
gociḍa aśuddha sevitī | cāmavā māmsāmta ghusatī |
pisoḷe cāūna paḷatī | akasmāta
Ticks drink blood; skin-lice (cāmavā) enter into the flesh; stinging insects bite and flee — suddenly.
भोंगें गांधेंलें चाविती । गोंबी जळवा अशुद्ध घेती ।
विंचू सर्प दंश करिती । कानटें फुर्सीं
bhomgem gāmdhemlem cāvitī | gombī jaḷavā aśuddha ghetī |
vimcū sarpa damśa karitī | kānaṭem phursīm
Horseflies and wasps bite; leeches take blood; scorpions and snakes sting; the kāṇaṭa and phūrsī [venomous serpents strike].
जन्मून देह पाळिलें । तें अकस्मात व्याघ्रें नेलें ।
कां तें लांडगींच भक्षिलें । बळात्कारें
janmūna deha pāḷilem | tem akasmāta vyāghrem nelem |
kām tem lāmḍagīmca bhakṣilem | baḷātkārem
Having been born, the body was nurtured; suddenly a tiger carried it off. Or wolves devoured it — by force.
मूषकें मार्जरें दंश करिती । स्वानें अश्वें लोले तोडिती ।
रीसें मर्कटें मारिती । कासावीस करूनी
mūṣakem mārjarem damśa karitī | svānem aśvem lole toḍitī |
rīsem markaṭem māritī | kāsāvīsa karūnī
Mice and cats bite; dogs and horses tear the flesh; bears and monkeys kill — reducing [the body] to a wretched state.
उष्टरें डसोन इचलिती । हस्थी चिर्डून टाकिती ।
वृषभ टोचून मारिती । अकस्मात
uṣṭarem ḍasona icalitī | hasthī cirḍūna ṭākitī |
vṛṣabha ṭocūna māritī | akasmāta
Camels bite and drag off; elephants trample and discard; bulls gore and kill — suddenly.
तश्कर तडतडां तोडिती । भूतें झडपोन मारिती ।
असो या देहाची स्थिती । ऐसी असे
taśkara taḍataḍām toḍitī | bhūtem jhaḍapona māritī |
aso yā dehācī sthitī | aisī ase
Thieves sever [limbs] suddenly; ghosts seize and kill. Enough — this is the state of this body.
ऐसें शरीर बहुतांचें । मूर्ख म्हणे आमुचें ।
परंतु खाजें जिवांचें । तापत्रैं बोलिलें
aisem śarīra bahutāmcem | mūrkha mhaṇe āmucem |
paramtu khājem jivāmcem | tāpatraim bolilem
Such a body belonging to many — the fool says 'ours.' But [the body] is the food of [other] creatures — so the threefold misery (tāpa-trayā) is spoken of.
देह परमार्थीं लाविलें । तरीच याचें सार्थक जालें ।
नाहीं तरी हें वेर्थची गेलें । नाना आघातें मृत्यपंथें
deha paramārthīm lāvilem | tarīca yācem sārthaka jālem |
nāhīm tarī hem verthacī gelem | nānā āghātem mṛtyapamthem
If the body is applied to paramārtha, only then does it become fulfilled (sārthaka); otherwise it has gone in vain, through many blows on the path of death (mṛtyu-pantha).
असो जे प्रपंचिक मूर्ख । ते काये जाणती परमार्थसुख ।
त्या मूर्खांचें लक्षण कांहीं येक । पुढे बोलिलें असे
aso je prapamcika mūrkha | te kāye jāṇatī paramārthasukha |
tyā mūrkhāmcem lakṣaṇa kāmhīm yeka | puḍhe bolilem ase
And so, [as for] the worldly fools (prapañcik mūrkha) — what do they know of the joy of paramārtha? Some of the signs of that fool will be described next.