Is the father, or mother, or son, or preceptor, or kinsmen, or relatives, or those called friends, that may be said to truly form the friend of a mortal creature? One goes to the next world, leaving his dead body that is like a piece of wood or a clod of earth. Who is it that follows him there?
मर्त्यस्य कः सहायो वै पिता माता सुतो गुरुः॥ ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिवर्गश्च मित्रवर्गस्तथैव च। मृतं शरीरमुत्सृज्य काष्ठलोष्टसमं जनाः॥