 | Bāṇa, Caroline Mary Ridding - 1896 - 418 pages
...those whom sorrow has overwhelmed, but it needs a greater effort not to throw away life in heavy grief. This following another to death is most vain ! It...of baseness, a sign of utter thoughtlessness, and a blunder of folly, that one should resign life on the death of father, brother, friend, or husband.... | |
 | Sharada Sugirtharajah - 2003 - 196 pages
...and scholar (625 CE), points to the futility of following one's husband in death: "This following of another to death is most vain! It is a path followed...It is a mere freak of madness, a path of ignorance ... To the dead man it brings no good whatever. For its is no means of bringing him back to life, or... | |
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This following another to death is most vain ! It is a path followed by the ignorant ! It is a mere freak of madness, a path of ignorance, an enterprise of recklessness, a view of baseness, a sign of utter thoughtlessness, and a blunder of folly, that... 