life is supposed to be understood to live meaningfully. the rajsthani folk wisdom in couplets is depicting in a simple yet very effective way.

1. /kuoUrk /kUk CkkaVtkS yk[kkS dgS lqHkV~V A
xf.k;k tklh fng³k ds nl ds vV~B kk
A man of wisdom – the
Village Chief
(Mr. Laakhaa Phoolaani)
declares for the man of
resources that please
distribute the riches (for
the good/ for the needy)
as the life is only of Eight-
Ten days and shall fly
away very soon.

2. Qwyka.kh Qsj ?k.kkS vkBka Lkwa nLk nwj k
lka>s ns[;k eGirk ughaa mxars lwj kk
The wife of the Chief
(Raani) while gently
objecting says that my
Husband talks too far from
the truth of life, as the
people who found dancing
and enjoying the previous
night could not see the
sun rise of the next day!
This is life.

3. Ykk[kkS Hkwyks y[kofj;ka veka; Hkwyh nks; k
vkWa[k r.kS Q#d³S dq.k tk.kS D;k gks; kk
The daughter of the Chief
(Kunwari) protested
strongly and said my
father was far-far away
from the truth and my
mother too compared the
past night with the next
day morning is still too far
from the truth of life.
What life will be during the
blink of an eye; nobody
Knows.

4. Ykk[kkS Hkwyks] veka; Hkwyh] Hkwyh Egkjh yks; k
Lkkal oVkÅ ikao.kkS vk.kk gks; u gks; kk
The maid servant (Daasi)
politely explained the very
fact of life while saying
that her master, his wife
and the loving daughter all
of them missed the fact of
life in their own way. The
fact of life is – the breath
is an unscheduled visitor,
it may or may not come.

5. The fact of life is – the
breath is an unscheduled
visitor, it may or may not
come. What to talk of
eight-ten days,
night/morning or the blink
of an eye; even the blink
will not be possible
without the breath. This is
the real truth of life, and
that too is an auto
function governed by the
supreme power, not in the
control of the mortal
human being.

6. If this truth is perceived in
real sense then there will be
no nonsense in the behaviour
of ours.
We will be more humble,
humane, modest in our life
and that is the goal of being
human.
The American Philosopher
Professor Will Durant declares
in the following prophetic
way:

7. The very first lesson of
History is
Modesty
Because the planet on which
We inhabit is a
Tiny spot in this
Infinite Universe
And the word
Ephemeral
Used for our existence
Is also an
Exaggeration.
-- Will Durant

8. Conveys the same that our
existence is much smaller
than momentary (the breath
may come or may not come
we can never be sure!)
Conveying the same what we
find in our Rajasthani Folk
Wisdom Couplets.
Folk wisdom and the highest
of study shake hands here!

9. Friends!
My request with folded hands:
Please opt for
Modesty,
Have
Humble and Humane
Behaviour
To live the life of a
Human being . . .as we are now
sure that the breath is an un-
scheduled visitor may come, may
not come . . .
-- Dr. Ashok Bohra “Anitya”
Anitya = anything which will not
be available for ever