In English
Whatever is perceptible, is perishable
Worldly knowledge is no doubt necessary. But it is not the be-all and end-all. Many great kings in the past, who had ruled over vast empires and enjoyed every kind of pleasure, chose at the close of their lives to renounce everything for the sake of realising spiritual peace. "" - "Whatever is perceptible, is perishable." In the pursuit of fleeting and impermanent pleasures, we are throwing away the permanent, the unchanging and the real elements in human life. You imagine you are the architect of your fate. But the Author, the Master and the Enjoyer of everything is the Lord. By failing to grasp the nature of (action) and not seeking the path of (virtue), man is making himself remote from (Supreme Being). For the performance of , the body is the primary instrument. It is through fight that one understands (righteousness). The (branch dealing with action and its reaction) of the (ancient revelations of spiritual knowledge) indicates how the primary goals of life are to be realised by the performance of sacramental duties - (daily worship of Sun God), (sacrificial rite) and (ceremonial sacrifice). Even as birth is related to , to , and to , the mother, the father, and God are related to the individual. The mother indicates the father. The father leads one to the (preceptor). The shows the way to realise God. All the four are fundamental to one's life. The mother comes first because she bears the travail of carrying and giving birth to the child. Hence, the urged: "" (Regard the mother as God). Then comes the father, who takes the child to a proper for the acquisition of (spiritual wisdom).