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afflicted with a number of diseases, rendering
it rather a liability. It has started stinking. The
son, wife and other near and dear ones shirk
coming close to it. The condition is pitiable.
No earthly power can rid the body of this
condition. At this moment, the death pays a
visit. It gives the rotten, stinking body a new
life. Everybody wants to kiss, see, and love
the new body. No material and physical power
on the earth can do such a miracle and bring
about a change as can the death. Therefore
the death is like an elixir, the true life-giver.
That is why it is said to have great
complemental value; i.e. one which completes
the incomplete.
Gita says : live upto the ripe age in this
world. Be complete before you leave;
incompleteness is not the ideal. Life is like a
crop. The crop is first ripened, then it is cut
and dried, and finally it is harvested. Death