No effort will bring you back to this same life
again; to the pleasure and pain you have
once passed through. When you know this, why
are you blind? You must pass through eight
million re-births, through the grievous pains of the
womb. You will enter the city of doubt, you will
writhe in the nets of illusion. What do the beasts
know of sin or merit? They live their lives more
or less happily; they are born and die; they grow
deaf, blind, lame, and dumb. If the treasure of
human life is delivered to you, it is the highest and
choicest state. O be calm for a moment, awake
and open your eyes! Listen to the words of the
Vedas and Puranas; Tuka entreats you.
again; to the pleasure and pain you have
once passed through. When you know this, why
are you blind? You must pass through eight
million re-births, through the grievous pains of the
womb. You will enter the city of doubt, you will
writhe in the nets of illusion. What do the beasts
know of sin or merit? They live their lives more
or less happily; they are born and die; they grow
deaf, blind, lame, and dumb. If the treasure of
human life is delivered to you, it is the highest and
choicest state. O be calm for a moment, awake
and open your eyes! Listen to the words of the
Vedas and Puranas; Tuka entreats you.