Living
Epigram XLIX
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
I see a dog — no stone to shy at him;
Yonder a stone — no dog's in view:
There is your dog, here stones to try at him
The king's dog! what's a man to do?
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram XLIX.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/47/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram XLIX.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/47/.
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