A few yards before and a few after
And a few hours ahead and a few past,
What befalls is the matter of concern
To a traveler who makes a journey.

Only immediate ancestry
And immediate progeny
Are the matters of concern in one’s life.
Vanity of breed is meaningless.

Rm.Shanmugam Chettiar.

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