I can no longer get any pleasure from sense gratification, for my power to enjoy has become reversed. My teeth as well as my whole body have now become disabled and weak. Various aches and pains make my daily life unbearable, and I am haunted by the continuously hovering fear of death. Due to all this, I don’t feel as if there is security anywhere. Therefore to what can I possibly remain attached in this world?
My happiness in this body was limited to material sense objects and my drive to enjoy them. But now my attachment to all this has faded away. Everything in life having passed me by, my heart is extremely worried about how to hold onto this emaciated old life.
Alas! The real problem is that when I was young and fit, I passed this life without ever worshiping the Supreme Lord Hari. Being bereft of the power to hold onto this body, what will I do now that the final moment is swiftly approaching? Oh, curses on my entire life! I never took advantage of the actual eternal treasure. Instead, I have abandoned my real friend (Hari) only to worship my enemy (this miserable material energy).
Kalyana Kalpa taru Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur
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