Rūpera Gauraba Keno Bhāi

O my brother, why are you so pleased by the beauty of the material body? The body is not eternal. It will not stay beautiful forever. When Yamarāja comes, nothing will remain. The limbs will grow cold. They eyes will be still. Then the flames of the funeral pyre will turn them into ashes.

Again and again you gaze at your beauty in the mirror. Where will you keep your favorite clothes and ornaments when the dogs and jackals eat your body?

After burning your body at the cremation ground, your wife, children, friends, and kinsmen will all return to their homes. With whom have you a lasting relationship? Who has a lasting relationship with you? Please know this: The destruction of your body is inevitable.

O my heart, if you wish to find a treasure that is eternal, then please chant Lord Kṛṣṇa's glories. Always chant Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy names. Turn away from the fallacies that are material logic, and worship Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is Bhaktivinoda's shelter.