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II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
तरि प्रयाणाचिया अवसरें I वातश्लेमां सुभरें I तेणें अंत:करणीं आंधारें I कोदलें ठाके II 226 II
सर्वेंद्रियां लांकुड पडे I स्मृति भ्रमामाजीं बुडे I मन होय वेडें I कोंडे प्राण II 227 II
अग्नीचें अग्निपण जाये I मग तो धूमचि अवघा होये I तेणें चेतना गिंवसिली ठाये I शरीरींची II 228 II
जैसें चंद्राआड आभाळ I सदट दाटे सजळ I मग गडद ना उजाळ I ऐसें झांवळें होये II 229 II
कां मरे ना सावध I ऐसें जीवितासि पडे स्तब्ध I आयुष्य मरणाची मर्याद- I वेळु ठाकी II 230 II
ऐसी मनबुद्धिकरणीं I सभोंवतीं धूमाकुळाची कोंडणी I तेथ जन्में जोडलिये वाहणी I युगचि बुडे II 231 II
हां गा हातींचें जे वेळीं जाये I ते वेळीं आणिका लाभाची गोठी कें आहे I म्हणऊनि प्रयाणीं तंव होये I येतुली दशा II 232 II
ऐसी देहाआंतु स्थिति I बाहेरि कृष्णपक्षु वरि राती I आणि सा मासही वोडवती I दक्षिणायन II 233 II
इये पुनरावृत्तीचीं घराणीं I आघवीं एकवटती जयाचिया प्रयाणीं I तो स्वरूपसिद्धीची काहाणी I कैसेनि आइके II 234 II
ऐसा जयाचा देह पडे I तया योगी म्हणोनि चंद्रवरी जाणें घडे I मग तेथूनि मागुता बहुडे I संसारा ये II 235 II
आम्हीं अकाळ जो पांडवा I म्हणितला तो हा जाणावा I आणि हाचि धूम्रमार्ग गांवा I पुनरावृत्तिचिया II 236 II
येर तो अर्चिरादि मार्गु I तो वसता आणि असलगु I साविया स्वस्थु चांगु I निवृत्तीवरी II 237 II
"As death approaches, a person's body undergoes various physical changes as the vital functions slow down. Gloominess thickens inside the body, the feeling of melancholy intensifies and becomes more profound. The whole body becomes stiff as wood, there is a memory loss, agitation of mind and the vital life force suffocates. With the radiance of the inner fire gone, the smoke pervades and blankets the conscious self. Just like when the pregnant clouds heavy with rain shroud the moon, it's neither totally dark or completely lit, one is caught in the nearly unconscious state as death nears. At last life awaits death. There is a sense of futality regarding the toils of life. This was all about the internal turmoil. Externally too the night time, Krushna Paksha, the dark or waning phase of moon and Dakshinayan, the period of the Sun's southward movement, considered to be six months long signify that dying during these periods can lead to rebirth rather than liberation. The person who dies at these inauspicious times, even if he is a yogi, goes to Chandra Lok. It is not a permanent abode like the spiritual realms, but rather a temporary sojourn for those who haven't achieved Self-Realization. This is the inappropriate time of death. That which makes the endless cycle of death and rebirth inevitable is called as "Dhumra Marga". The best is the Archira Marga that is entirely different. It is the easy way to Moksha, the Liberation."
II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
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