Text 37] Hiranyakasipu, King of the Demons 97

Tat = od a
ard wrath TaATTAT ZI!

Sri-yama uvdca
aho amisam vayasddhikanam
vipasyatam loka-vidhimn vimohah
yatragatas tatra gatam manusyam
svayam sadharma api socanty apartham

Sri-yamah uvdca—Sri Yamaraja said; aho—alas; amisam—of these;
vayasi—by age; adhikandm—of those advanced; vipasyatam—seeing
every day; loka-vidhim—the law of nature (that everyone dies);
vimohah—the bewilderment; yatra—from where; dgatah—came;
tatra—there; gatam—returned; manusyam—the man; svayam—them-
selves; sa-dharmah—similar in nature (prone to die); api—although;
Socanti—they lament; apartham—uselessly.

TRANSLATION

Sri Yamaraja said: Alas, how amazing it is! These persons, who
are older than me, have full experience that hundreds and thou-
sands of living entities have taken birth and died. Thus they
should understand that they also are apt to die, yet still they are
bewildered. The conditioned soul comes from an unknown place
and returns after death to that same unknown place. There is no
exception to this rule, which is conducted by material nature.
Knowing this, why do they uselessly lament?

PURPORT
The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (2.28):

avyaktadini bhitani
vyakta-madhyani bharata

avyakta-nidhanany eva
tatra kd paridevana

**All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their
interim state, and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what
need is there for lamentation?”
