Living
Epigram XXX
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Lightly an ignorant boor is made content,
And lightlier yet a sage;
But minds by half-way knowledge warped and bent,
Not Brahma's self their fury may assuage.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram XXX.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/29/.
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