Living
Epigram I
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
One walketh in Renunciation's way;
Another fain would pay
In Worldly Wisdom all his soul's large debt;
And one in Pleasure's path
With love still wandering on would all forget:
Three roads the wide world hath.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram I.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/0/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram I.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/0/.
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