Settle The Account

settle the account

P K Routray

Hindu philosophy says

“The mortal body decays

but the soul within it remains immortal

never get destroyed even by weapons lethal.

It changes mortal bodies like clothes worn,

carrying the fruits of past deeds, a man is born.

Several births it may take to settle the accumulated account.

hence as a result one suffers or succeeds, of course without discount.

At times one has misfortunes in spite of his current good deeds

but these results, many a misdeed of previous births now only yields.”

Hence the philosophy advises “ Accept the small misfortunes without grumble

or else they may accumulate insurmountably to take many a birth for a soul to settle.”