Risk of death
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
Dhṛtarāṣṭra is addressed herein as a kṛpaṇa because without any estimation of his material body he wants to live at any cost. Vidura is trying to open his eyes to see that he cannot live more than his term and that he must prepare for death. Since death is inevitable, why should he accept such a humiliating position for living? It is better to take the right path, even at the risk of death. Human life is meant for finishing all kinds of miseries of material existence, and life should be so regulated that one can achieve the desired goal. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, due to his wrong conception of life, had already spoiled eighty percent of his achieved energy, so it behooved him to utilize the remaining days of his miserly life for the ultimate good. Such a life is called miserly because one cannot properly utilize the assets of the human form of life. Only by good luck does such a miserly man meet a self-realized soul like Vidura and by his instruction gets rid of the nescience of material existence.
Page Title: | Risk of death |
Compiler: | Labangalatika, Ingrid |
Created: | 28 of Mar, 2010 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=2, Lec=0, Con=2, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 6 |