Living
Epigram LXXXVI
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Within this body side by side
Death and eternity abide;
And death from error grows, but life
The spirit wrings from truth with hourly strife.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXXVI.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/81/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXXVI.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/81/.
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