samudrera phena yena ksane srsti-layamayara samsare khela sei-bhave haya
"The froth on the seawater arises one moment and disappears the next; the play of maya's worldly illusion is exactly like that."
keha nahe pita-mata atmiya-svajana...saba-i phenara mata thake alpa-ksana
"No one is actually a mother or father, a family member or relative. Everyone is just like the froth on the seawater, existing for only a moment."
samudrera phena yemana samudre misayapanca-bhutera deha tatha haye yaya laya
"Just as the froth on the seawater dissolves again into the sea, the body made of five material elements merges again with these elements after it dies."
kata deha ei-bhave dharaye saririanitya sarire matra atmiya tahari
"
How many fleeting forms does the embodied soul take in this manner? His so-called family members are only related to this temporary external body."
(From 'Vrndavane Bhajana' composed by His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Vrndavan in 1958.)
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