Living
Epigram XLI
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Unworthy be the toil-polluted world of sense,
Ay, hateful as the camping-ground of all offense;
Yet even in the truth-devoted heart, anon
Breaks forth its vast unnamed impetuous vehemence.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram XLI.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/39/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram XLI.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/39/.
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