Living
Epigram XCIX
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Through many births, a ceaseless round,
I ran in vain, nor ever found
The Builder, though the house I saw, —
For death is born again, and hard the law.
O Builder, thou art seen! not so
Again thy building shall arise;
Broken are all its rafters, low
The turret of the mansion lies:
The mind in all-dissolving peace
Hath sunk, and out of craving found release.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram XCIX.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/94/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram XCIX.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/94/.
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