Shiva Purana

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यत्रैव मृत्युना ग्रस्तो नियतं पंचभिर्दिनैः ।। व्यर्थं तस्याखिलं ब्रह्मन् निश्चितं न इतीव हि ।। ३४ ।।

sanskrit

If one is to be swallowed by death in five days, O Brahmā, everything else belonging to him is futile. This is our decisive thought.

english translation

yatraiva mRtyunA grasto niyataM paMcabhirdinaiH || vyarthaM tasyAkhilaM brahman nizcitaM na itIva hi || 34 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/139/34

यत्रैव मृत्युना ग्रस्तो नियतं पंचभिर्दिनैः ।। व्यर्थं तस्याखिलं ब्रह्मन् निश्चितं न इतीव हि ।। ३४ ।।

sanskrit

If one is to be swallowed by death in five days, O Brahmā, everything else belonging to him is futile. This is our decisive thought.

english translation

yatraiva mRtyunA grasto niyataM paMcabhirdinaiH || vyarthaM tasyAkhilaM brahman nizcitaM na itIva hi || 34 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript