Kural 331
There is no baser folly than the infatuation
that looks upon the ephemeral as if it were everlasting.
Kural 332
Amassing great wealth is gradual, like the gathering of a theater
crowd. Its dispersal is sudden, like that same crowd departing.
Kural 333
Wealth’s nature is to be unenduring.
Upon acquiring it, quickly do that which is enduring.
Kural 334
Though it seems a harmless gauge of time, to those who fathom it,
a day is a saw steadily cutting down the tree of life.
Kural 335
Do good deeds with a sense of urgency,
before death’s approaching rattle strangles the tongue.
Kural 336
What wondrous greatness this world possesses–
that yesterday a man was, and today he is not.
Kural 337
Men do not know if they will live another moment,
yet their thoughts are ten million and more.
Kural 338
The soul’s attachment to the body is like that of a fledgling,
which forsakes its empty shell and flies away.
Kural 339
Death is like falling asleep,
and birth is like waking from that sleep.
Kural 340
Not yet settled in a permanent home,
the soul takes temporary shelter in a body.
