Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 23/11/2011

SB 2.1.15

anta-kale tu purusa
agate gata-sadhvasah
chindyad asanga-sastrena
sprham dehe 'nu ye ca tam

 

anta-kale—at the last stage of life; tu—but; purusah—a person; agate—having arrived; gata-sadhvasah—without any fear of death; chindyat—must cut off; asanga—nonattachment; sastrena—by the weapon of; sprham—all desires; dehe—in the matter of the material tabernacle; anu—pertaining; ye—all that; ca—also; tam—them.

 

At the last stage of one's life, one should be bold enough not to be afraid of death. But one must cut off all attachment to the material body and everything pertaining to it and all desires thereof.

Sukadeva Gosvami