Anything that is related to death and uncertainty in general kindles lot of thought in one's mind. I for one, have always considered it to be a great interest t

Anything that is related to death and uncertainty in general kindles lot of thought in one's mind. I for one, have always considered it to be a great interest to read about them. Here is a prose, written roughly 2000 years ago, dealing with death. It compares death to a sinking ship in a calm deserted ocean (contrast to violent shipwreck). Death engulfs the old ship very slowly. Translation: The bonds of friendship are broken, friends, relatives and wive have become cold in love, or few, the cords of love are loosened. Consider the matter well. What profit is there in the attached state? Oh, it is come, the wail of distress, as when a ship founders! See: http://www.tamilvu.org/library/l2800/html/l2800ind.htm http://www.tamilvu.org/library/l2800/html/l2800ind.htm for original text.