DAY 257
Five Things Already Set: Lifespan, Deeds, Wealth, Learning, Death
기원후 3~12세기경 편찬(구전 격언시)
ORIGINAL
आयुः कर्म च वित्तं च विद्या निधनमेव च । पञ्चैतानि हि सृज्यन्ते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिनः ॥ (āyuḥ karma ca vittaṃ ca vidyā nidhanam eva ca, pañcaitāni hi sṛjyante garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ)
📜 THE VERSE
Lifespan, deeds, wealth, learning, and death — these five are already set even while one is still in the womb.
💡 TL;DR
At first this verse sounds fatalistic.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Do I clearly separate what I cannot change from what I still can?
📝Reflection
At first this verse sounds fatalistic. But the real reason the old teachers left such words was different — to set down the anxiety over a portion already fixed, and pour my strength instead into the attitude and effort I can actually touch, day by day. Only by releasing what cannot be changed can I fully focus on what can.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Take one worry from today and write down which part of it you cannot control, and which part you can.
📖 Source:
Subhashita (Traditional Sanskrit Maxims).
Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
