देहोऽस्थिमांसरुधिरेऽभिमतिं त्यज त्वं
जायासुतादिषु सदा ममतां विमुञ्च ।
पश्यानिशं जगदिदं क्षणभङ्गनिष्ठं
वैराग्यरागरसिको भव भक्तिनिष्ठः ॥
deho’sthi-māṁsa-rudhire’bhimatiṁ tyaja tvaṁ
jāyā-sutādiṣu sadā mamatāṁ vimuñca |
paśyāniśaṁ jagad idaṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅga-niṣṭhaṁ
vairāgya-rāga-rasiko bhava bhakti-niṣṭhaḥ ||
(Padma Purāṇa: Bhāgavata-māhātmya, 4.79)
“You should always give up identification with the body made of bones, flesh, and blood, and lay aside possessiveness over wife, sons, and so forth. Uninterruptedly see this world to be founded on transience. Be a relisher of rāga coupled with vairāgya and fixed in bhakti.”