A poignant Hindi quote contrasting a life spent wearing perfume (ittar) with the final, odorless ashes of a pyre. It speaks to the vanity and ultimate impermanence of material attempts at enhancing one’s being.
A poignant Hindi quote contrasting a life spent wearing perfume (ittar) with the final, odorless ashes of a pyre. It speaks to the vanity and ultimate impermanence of material attempts at enhancing one’s being.