Immortality

Transliteration

Devebhyah kam avrnita mrtyum

Prajayai kam amrtam navrnita.

 

Translation

 

For the sake of the gods, he (Brihaspati) chose death.

He chose not Immortality for the sake of man.

 

Comment

 

Brihaspati houses the flowing life of the gods and treasures the glowing love of man.

 

Excerpt from: The Upanishads: The Crown Of India’s Soul. By: Sri Chinmoy.