ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [140]
Gātha 139
The flowers which were earlier placed on the heads of the celestial beings, later on (when these lose their freshness), even the foot refuses to touch. It is right; what is not lost with the loss of merit?
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