thee very soon? (Art thou mindful of it?) Very soon will the points of the compass, when that moment arrives, begin to whirl before thy eyes. (Art thou mindful of that?) O son, soon (when that moment comes) will thy Vedas disappear from thy sight as thou goest helplessly into that dread presence.  Do thou, therefore, set thy heart on Yoga abstraction which is possessed of great excellence.[1721] Do thou seek to attain that one only treasure so that thou mayst not have to grieve at the recollection (after Death) of thy former deeds good and bad all of which are characterised by error.[1722] Decrepitude very soon weakens thy body and robs thee of thy strength and limbs and beauty.  Do thou, therefore, seek that one only treasure.  Very soon the Destroyer, with Disease for his charioteer, will with a strong hand, for taking thy life, pierce and break thy body.  Do thou, therefore practise austere penance.  Very soon will, those terrible wolves that reside within thy body, assail thee from every side.  Do thou endeavour, therefore, to achieve acts of righteousness.[1723] Very soon wilt thou, all alone, behold a thick darkness, and very soon wilt thou behold golden trees on the top of the hill.  Do thou, therefore, hasten to achieve acts of righteousness.[1724] Very soon will those evil companions and foes of thine, (viz., the senses), dressed in the guise of friends, swerve thee from correct vision.  Do thou, then, O son, strive to achieve that which is of the highest good.  Do thou earn that wealth which has no fear from either kings or thieves, and which one has not to abandon even at Death.  Earned by one’s own acts, that wealth has never to be divided among co-owners.  Each enjoys that wealth (in the other world) which each has earned for himself.  O son, give that to others by which they may be able to live in the next world.  Do thou also set thyself to the acquisition of that wealth which is indestructible and durable.  Do not think that thou shouldst first enjoy all kinds of pleasures and then turn thy heart on Emancipation, for before thou art satiated with enjoyment thou mayst be overtaken by Death.  Do thou, in view of this, hasten to do acts of goodness.[1725] Neither mother, nor son, nor relatives, nor dear friends even when solicited with honours, accompany the man that dies.  To the regions of Yama one has to go oneself, unaccompanied by any one.  Only those deeds, good and bad, that one did before death accompany the man that goes to the other world.  The gold and gems that one has earned by good and bad means do not become productive of any benefit to one when one’s body meets with dissolution.  Of men that have gone to the other world, there is no witness, better than the soul, of all act done or undone in life.  That when the acting-Chaitanya (Jiva-soul) enters into the witness-Chaitanya the destruction of the body takes place, is seen by Yoga-intelligence when Yogins enter the firmament of their hearts.[1726] Even here, the god of Fire, the Sun and the Wind,—­these