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80 Last thoughts determine man's future state. At the last moment, he who thinketh upon his wealth and dieth in that thought, Shall be born again and again as a serpent. O my friend, forget not God's name. At the last moment, he who thinketh of a woman and dieth in that thought, Shall be born again and again as a prostitute. At the last moment, he who thinketh upon a boy and dieth in that thought, Shall be born again and again as a hog. At the last moment he who thinketh of a mansion and dieth in that thought, Shall be born again and again as a sprite. At the last moment he who thinketh upon God and dieth in that thought, Saith Trilochan, shall obtain salvation, and God shall dwell in his heart.

Trilochan, engaged in his devotions, neglected his worldly calling, and this led to his straitened domestic circumstances. Thereupon his wife became discontented and upbraided God. The following is Trilochan's remonstrance. He endeavoured to console her by telling her that her distress was the result of her sins. Why slander God, O erring and ignorant woman ? Thy woe and weal are according to thine acts. Though the moon is attached to Shiv's forehead, and daily batheth in the Ganges ; Though Krishan the avatar of Vishnu became incarnate in the moon's family ; Yet the stain contracted on account of his misdeeds is ineffaceable from his head ; Arun, the charioteer, whose lord is the sun, the lamp of