Sakra falls to a common rebirth, the sun and moon grow dark, and the universal emperor is reborn a servant. Although this is credited by relying upon the precepts of sages, ordinary people cannot understand it. Observe, then, within your own sight, the transformation of human beings . On contemplating the suffering of aggregates, there is seen no end to actions. Suffering exists among the many or few, amidst the rich and the destitute.
All human life is exhausted in preparations for, in the process of arranging, everyone dies.
In death also, there is no end to preparing, as the preliminaries of the next life are begun. In giving an idea of the defects of worldly existence, these lines allude also those actions which should be taken up or abandoned in the light of karma and results. But there is no benefit in liberating myself alone, for the three worlds beings are my fathers and mothers. To leave my parent in the midst of distress, while desiring happiness for myself, would be evil-hearted. While alluding to the cause for meditating love and compassion, these lines stress the subsequent exchange of self for others.