Death, the only guarantee after birth

JAMES Shirley, the English poet, wrote the poem Death the Leveller about 500 years ago, which might have been influenced by Hindu scriptures. No one can escape death – neither the prince nor the pauper. Death is the governing factor that controls and regulates life.

Death is the only guarantee after birth. The Bhagavad Gita (2:27) says, “one who has taken birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again”. Hindu sages have declared that what