Living
Epigram LXXXV
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Before that peaceful Light whose form sublime
Is purest thought uncurbed of space or time,
Before that Light I bow, whose deathless source
Is self-communing force.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXXV.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/80/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXXV.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/80/.
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