Living
Epigram L
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
If the Creator moulding goodly man
A pearl designed him to adorn the earth,
And then so fragile made that at the birth
It breaketh, — whose the folly of the plan?
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram L.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/48/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram L.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/48/.
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