Immortality
Transliteration
Devebhyah kam avrnita mrtyum
Prajayai kam amrtam navrnita.
Translation
For the sake of the gods, he (Brihaspati) chose death.
He chose not Immortality for the sake of man.
Comment
Brihaspati houses the flowing life of the gods and treasures the glowing love of man.
Excerpt from: The Upanishads: The Crown Of India's Soul by Sri Chinmoy.
First published by Agni Press in 1974.
Reprinted with permission of Sri Chinmoy.
Links
(Library of Sri Chinmoy Poetry) (Selected Poems) (Poems by Topic)
