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At the reiterated stern command the dancing figure became instantly rigid. Then, just as suddenly as he had leaped from his crouching attitude, the fakir sank to the ground in a huddled heap, his face buried in the dust. "You would be happier to-day, O man of many sorrows, had you followed the philosophy of 'kooch perwani' had you said to yourself: 'What is done is done, and cannot be undone.
"To which I reply, O prince, kooch perwani. By the ordeals through which I have passed I have come to learn that the treasures of this world are of no account. Therefore is my philosophy to-day greater than your own. You wear costly robes, I the loin cloth of the beggar. Kooch perwani; for when death comes, we are equals. There is no pocket to a shroud."
Let it pass. Kooch perwani no matter." It was the Rajput who was speaking, in rebuke yet in commiseration.
It is the philosophy of 'kooch perwani' that teaches us to forget the dead past, do the work of the vital present, and by doing it aright build for the future an edifice of happiness and contentment. Had you followed that philosophy, O fakir, you might have been again to-day rich in the good things of the world." The mendicant raised his face from the dust.
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