नाभिनन्देद् ध्रुवं मृत्युमध्रुवं वास्य जीवितम् । कालं परं प्रतीक्षेत भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययम् ॥ ६ ॥
nabhinanded dhruvam mrtyum adhruvam vasya jivitam kalam param pratikseta bhutanam prabhavapyayam
- na
- not
- abhinandet
- one should praise
- dhruvam
- sure
- mrtyum
- death
- adhruvam
- not sure
- va
- either
- asya
- of this body
- jivitam
- the duration of life
- kalam
- eternal time
- param
- supreme
- pratikseta
- one must observe
- bhutanam
- of the living entities
- prabhava
- manifestation
- apyayam
- disappearance.
Since the material body is sure to be vanquished and the duration of one’s life is not fixed, neither death nor life is to be praised. Rather, one should observe the eternal time factor, in which the living entity manifests himself and disappears.