The universe is everlasting.
The reason the universe is everlasting
Β Β Β Β Is that it does not live for Self.
Therefore it can long endure.
Therefore the sage puts himself last.
Β Β Β Β And finds himself in the foremost place;
Regards his body as accidental,
Β Β Β And his body is thereby preserved.
It is not because he does not live for SelfΒ
That his Self achieves perfection?
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