In English
We have kept two friends for this life. The first one is wealth and the second one is the relative. Meritorious deeds that we perform constitute the third friend. When we die and ask our friends to accompany us, the first friend, namely, wealth, will say, “No, I will stay at home, I am not going to come with you.” When the dead body is taken to the burial ground, the wealth stocked does not follow the body. The second friend, the relative, says, “I will come only up to the court - only up to the burial ground. From there you should go on your own.” But the good deeds that you do go with you. They go with you inside the court to bear witness. They accompany you beyond the cremation ground. Therefore, the good deeds alone that you do with a pure heart will be your true escort and not your wealth or your relatives. The reason why great men preach that we perform good deeds and lead a pure life is because the good deeds alone will be our ultimate succour. They are the only things that protect us, even as the eyelids protect the eyes.