As a mighty flood sweeps away the sleeping village, so death carries away the person of distracted mind who only plucks the flowers (of pleasure).
As a mighty flood sweeps away the sleeping village, so death carries away the person of distracted mind who only plucks the flowers (of pleasure).
Deep Commentary
Those who are deeply intoxicated by worldly pleasures—like someone distracted by picking flowers—will inevitably be swept away by Death, just as a sudden flood destroys a sleeping village. We see evidence of this everywhere: obsession with sensual desires leads to suffering, moral decay, and endless tragedies. Humanity is essentially asleep in a long dream of ignorance. Until we awaken from this delusion, we will continue to be carried away by the flood of desires into the endless ocean of suffering.
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