Shri Rajagopala Deshika Charitam VI Vol III Book X Chp 21 Shlokas 1 - 8
श्रीसद्गुरुरुवाच
नीत्वायं दशमासांक्ष्च जीवो मूत्रपुरीषयोः |
योनिद्वाराद्बहिर्याति तस्माद्दुःखतरं नु किम् ||
त्वङ्मांसरुधिरस्नायुमेदोमज्जास्थिसंयुतम् |
कलेबरं वहत्यत्र ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ||
वातरोगैः पित्तरोगैः कफरोगैक्ष्च पीडितः |
क्षुत्पिपासाकुलक्ष्चास्ति ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ||
दुःखानाञ्च सहस्त्राणि सहस्त्राणि तथाssपदाम् |
सर्वदाsनुभवत्यत्र ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ||
राज्ञा चोरैक्ष्च दुष्टैक्ष्च पत्नीपुत्रादिबन्धिभिः |
पीडितो निवसत्यत्र ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ||
निन्दितो बन्धुभिक्ष्चापि वार्धक्येनापि दुःखितः |
गृहे वसत्यन्धकोपि ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ||
लोकेस्मिन् मरणं नूनमनिवार्यं स्वबन्धुभिः |
एवं ज्ञात्वापि रमते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ||
एतत्सर्वं विचार्यैव विवेकेनामलाशयाः |
वैकुण्ठं प्राप्तुमिच्छन्ति शाक्ष्वतं तमसः परम् ||
Shri Sadguru said
The Jeevan spends ten months amidst the filth in the womb (as the foetus) and then comes out. What is more distressful than this? He roams about carrying this body composed of skin, flesh, blood and bones. What is more distressful than this ? He is afflicted by hunger and thirst and various diseases like Adam, pita and kappa. What is more distressful than this ? He has to suffer multifarious worries and face many accidents in life. What is more distressful than this? He has to undergo various troubles caused by the government, the thieves, the wicked, his wife, children and other relatives. What is more distressful than this? He lives at home, leading the life of a house-holder blindly, disregarded by his relatives and afflicted by senility. What is more distressful that this? Knowing very well that death cannot be averted by any means and by any one however close he is, he leads, a seemingly happy life. What is more distressful than this? Those who have analyzed all these facts and have consequently attained a clear knowledge induced by wisdom, long to attain the eternal Vaikuntha which is beyond this mortal world.
