Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43


Sanskrit:

कामान्कामयते काम्यैर्यदर्थमिह पूरुष: ।स वै देहस्तु पारक्यो भङ्गुरो यात्युपैति च ॥ ४३ ॥

ITRANS:

kāmān kāmayate kāmyairyad-artham iha pūruṣaḥsa vai dehas tu pārakyobhaṅguro yāty upaiti ca

Translation:

A living entity desires comfort for his body and makes many plans for this purpose, but actually the body is the property of others. Indeed, the perishable body embraces the living entity and then leaves him aside.

Purport:

Everyone desires comfort for his body and tries to make a suitable situation for this purpose, forgetting that the body is meant to be eaten by dogs, jackals or moths and thus turned into useless stool, ashes or earth. The living entity wastes his time in a futile attempt to gain material possessions for the comfort of one body after another.