an7.74:10.1 These days it’d be right to say:
an7.74:10.2 ‘Life as a human is short, brief, and fleeting, full of suffering and distress. Be thoughtful and wake up! Do what’s good and lead the spiritual life, for no one born can escape death.’
an7.74:10.3 For these days a long life is a hundred years or a little more.
an7.74:10.4 Living for a hundred years, there are just three hundred seasons,
an7.74:10.5 a hundred each of the winter, summer, and rains.
an7.74:10.6 Living for three hundred seasons, there are just twelve hundred months,
an7.74:10.7 four hundred in each of the winter, summer, and rains.
an7.74:10.8 Living for twelve hundred months, there are just twenty-four hundred fortnights,
an7.74:10.9 eight hundred in each of the winter, summer, and rains.
an7.74:10.10 Living for 2,400 fortnights, there are just 36,000 days,
an7.74:10.11 12,000 in each of the summer, winter, and rains.
an7.74:10.12 Living for 36,000 days, you just eat 72,000 meals,
an7.74:10.13 24,000 in each of the summer, winter, and rains, including when you’re suckling at the breast, and when you’re prevented from eating.
