Mrutyu is the end or the decimation and Jayam is victory. Life is a cycle. Shri Adishankaracharya said “punarapi jananam punarapi maranam”, again and again the birth and death cycle continues. In our Mahabharata during the Yaksha Prashna episode, Yudhistira was quizzed by Dharma devata on what is the most surprising thing in the world. Yudhistira answered by saying that people assume themselves to stay permanent inspite of seeing many deaths around.

Mrutyu is often seen as departing or moving on. The body stays intact but something goes........

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