IMMORTALITY

Copyright 1925
by

H. C. HOSKIER

Printed in the United States of America

"I say to thee weapons reach not the Life;
Flame burns it not, waters cannot o'erwhelm,
Nor dry winds wither it. Impenetrable,
Unentered, unassailed, unharmed, untouched,
Immortal, all-arriving, stable, sure,
Invisible, ineffable, by word

And thought uncompassed, ever all itself,

Thus is the Soul declared! How wilt thou then,
Knowing it so grieve, when thou shoulds 't not grieve?

The birth

Of living things comes unperceived; the death

Comes unperceived; between them, beings perceive:
What is there sorrowful herein, dear Prince?
Wonderful, wistful to contemplate!

Difficult, doubtful, to speak upon!
Strange and great for tongue to relate,

Mystical hearing for everyone!

Nor wotteth man this, what a marvel it is,

When seeing, and saying, and hearing are done!"

Krishna to Arjuna in the

BHAGAVAD-GITA or "The Song Celestial"
Sir Edwin Arnold's translation