Dr. In the special room of Jai Narayan Vyas Shah Hair, a seven star hospital, there was absolute peace. Little by little, a few nurses and expert doctors with knowledge and a strong personality, who were running, went back after looking at the machines attached to the patient. There was another room attached to the room. Two or three members of the family were engaged in some discussion. A doctor came specially from America for this complicated operation. It was the last stage of cancer. The doctors discussed in detail the seriousness of the operation and the patient's chances of survival in a meeting with the family. Seth Biharilal was the owner of immense wealth. The discussions were at the final stage where Dr. specially invited from America. Gladson arrived. The entire team was present from the anesthetist. All were busy in their own world of thought, except Seth Biharilal who was almost in a comatose state. Dr. Gladson looked at the patient's machine readings again and Dr. Got a look with Mehta. The atmosphere in the room became quite serious. The patient was now to be taken to the operation theater on the same floor. All the relatives went together to the door of the theatre. A final look at the patient. As the doors of the operation theater swallowed the patient, everyone took their places in the adjacent waiting space. The operation was to last a very long time. There was no hope, yet it is the nature of man to 'help the drowning to swim.' Maybe a miracle will happen, Dr. Every relative was hoping for Gladson's success and Seth's revival. Generous and always dealing with everyone in a sweet language, Seth Biharilal, 'Martanne phan mer na kahe', was loved not only by his home and family but also in his business circle. With his propensity to help all he could and the vigilance of Paraki Chatthi, this man not only won over his friends, but also his arch-rival, who once tried to harm Seth, held his hand in times of trouble. Such a Sheth was a true enemy. Time was ticking away in a silence where the clock could be heard ticking. It must have been about four hours. Dr. left the operation theater slightly tired but disappointed. Gladson and Dr. Mehta came out. Not much more needed to be said. The result was clear. The operation was not successful. On the way out, Dr. He was instructing his team. Inside the closed doors of the operation theater there was no longer a patient, instead the words swirled across the atmosphere, the words, 'Deadbody.' When the human body gives up the life, that energy also goes out. One remaining lap of Panchamahabhut falls behind. It is no longer a 'patient'. But there is a 'body'. How often does it feel like a patient becomes a body? A Dhankuber's life flies away, leaving behind a wrecked body. That body is also a guest for some time now. Yes, Seth Biharilal was a very big man, so there will be a grand funeral procession. That body will begin its final journey covered in heaps of flowers and then? Only a pile of ashes will be left behind! All happiness and unhappiness ends here. Parka and himself leave here. Wealth and splendor remain theirs. There is a song playing in the far distance, which perhaps describes the situation perfectly – Kaal Ka Pahiya Ghoome Bhaiyya, Lakh Tarah Insaan Chale. Kabhi Chale Barat To Bhaiya, Kabhi Bina Saman Chale. – Ramakrishna Hari How many numbers are played in this drama between birth and death? Sometimes one escapes in the excess of happiness and sometimes unimaginable sorrow breaks a person down. Happiness is as cold as sandalwood whereas sorrow is as thorny as an acacia and that is why it is said, 'Happiness burns my mind, happiness burns like ashes, acacia coals fall on my mind, happiness burns my mind'. Seth's pyre was becoming a pile of ashes. Like hospitals, five star crematoriums are yet to be built. The pyre next to Seth was also getting ashes. A beggar in the crematorium is looking at these two piles of ashes of an almost dying cheetah together. Someone asked him, 'Have any of your relatives passed away?' He said, 'No, a beggar of ours has passed away today.' 'So what are you looking at?' The answer was, this pile of cheetah is the body of Seth and this is that of the beggar. I wonder, what is the difference between the two? A patient and a dead body, there is a difference between the two but… the ashes of two dead bodies are the same.
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