Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25


Sanskrit:

कृमिविड्भस्मसंज्ञासीद्यस्येशाभिहितस्य च ।भूतध्रुक् तत्कृते स्वार्थं किं वेद निरयो यत: ॥ २५ ॥

ITRANS:

kṛmi-viḍ-bhasma-saṁjñāsīdyasyeśābhihitasya cabhūta-dhruk tat-kṛte svārthaṁkiṁ veda nirayo yataḥ

Translation:

When dead, the bodies of all the rulers known as kings and great leaders will be transformed into worms, stool or ashes. If one enviously kills others for the protection of such a body, does he actually know the true interest of life? Certainly he does not, for if one is envious of other entities, he surely goes to hell.

Purport:

The material body, even if possessed by a great king, is ultimately transformed into stool, worms or ashes. When one is too attached to the bodily conception of life, he is certainly not very intelligent.