Living
Epigram LXXX
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Like an uneasy fool thou wanderest far
Into the nether deeps,
Or upward climbest where the dim-lit star
Of utmost heaven sleeps.
Through all the world thou rangest, O my soul,
Seeking and wilt not rest;
Behold, the peace of Brahma, and thy goal,
Hideth in thine own breast.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXX.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/75/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXX.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/75/.
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