In plain words
With great enthusiasm this zamindar rose early the next morning and set about his task. Wanting to gain more land, he began to run. From morning until evening he went on running like that. Darkness fell. He was utterly exhausted. He grew faint. Even so, he did not let go of his desire. When he was six feet away from the goal he had set himself, his head reeled, his heart stopped, and he fell to the ground. The king of Himācala came, looked, and said, “Alas, all this man needs now is six feet”. That is all that anyone needs!
Alexander's message to the people
Alexander conquered many kingdoms and came to Bhārata. As he was crossing a river, he suffered a heart attack. The physicians came, examined him, and concluded that his end was near and that however many medicines were given, they would be of no use. Then Alexander: “I have so vast a kingdom. I have all the gold I could want. I have a very great army. Among so many, is there not even one who can save me?” he grieved. At once he summoned his ministers and told them, “Ministers! After I die, take my body to our own country. Wrap my body in a white cloth, keep only the hands up on top, and carry it in procession through every street.” Just as he had asked, they wrapped his body in a white cloth, kept the hands up on top, and carried it in procession. “Why are you carrying the great king's body in procession like this, with its hands up on top?” the people asked. “We are doing this at his own wish, to make known to all the people, ‘Emperor Alexander, with all his great riches and wealth, went at the very last with empty hands’”, the ministers replied. That is what happens to everyone at the very last! However great the kingdom we win, however great the army we have, however many kin and friends we have, when we depart, no one goes with us. In those days many noble souls and kings proclaimed this Satya to the people and kept teaching them to give up attachment to the body.