Everything that is born must die someday. life is the period between birth and death. Life is uncertain. But, death is certain. Death is the culmination of life. It is therefore the custodian of life.
While you are alive, you can do a lot of things or you can get a lot of things done according to your wishes. But, after you are dead and gone, nobody knows if your will can prevail over what others decide to do.
For many years, it was thought that men were reluctant towards joining the armed forces because there was danger of death dangling over their heads all the time. It was discovered later that the real reason behind people not wanting to join the armed forces was not fear of death but the fear that they may not get a decent funeral if they died in the battlefield.
For them, death was more important than life. They felt that if they did not get a proper funeral after death, their souls would not rest in peace. So, the armed forces started enrolling priests belonging to different religions as part of the force who moved to the battlefront along with other personnel. Those who die in the battlefield can now hope for a respectful funeral.
The last rites are also a matter of concern for sages and saints. In Hinduism, all holy men who renounce worldly belongings and relationships in order to dedicate themselves to the service of God and mankind have their funeral rites completed before renunciation. That is because, once you renounce the world, your family ceases to be your family because you renounce all relationships. Then, who will ensure your funeral rites when you die?
When you are alive, you are a Hindu, a Muslim, a Sikh, a Christian or whatever. When you are alive, you are a Bengali, a Keralite, a Gujarati, a Punjabi or something else. When you are alive, you are rich, poor or you belong to the middle class. But, death is a leveller. It is a unifier and an equaliser.
After death, even the most powerful become helpless. Whatever that person might have been in terms of social, religious, political or economic status, nobody can ensure that it would remain the same after his death. After death, the person ceases to be that person—he becomes a dead body like any other. He is at the mercy of the world with regard to how he would be treated after his death.
That is why people are more concerned about what will happen to them after their death than when they are alive because death is the ultimate custodian of life.
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