The Satakas of BhartrihariThis is Volume XI of fourteen in the India: Language and Literature Oriental series. First published in 1886, of the three ?atakas or centuries of couplets ascribed to Bhart?ihari, the Nîti and Yairâgya ?atakas alone are included in the following pages. |
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... elephant with a young lotus - fibre : as one who tries to cut the diamond with a filament of sirisha ; or as one who desires to make the salt sea sweet with a drop of honey . 7. The Creator has given man , as it were , a cloak to ...
... elephant with a young lotus - fibre : as one who tries to cut the diamond with a filament of sirisha ; or as one who desires to make the salt sea sweet with a drop of honey . 7. The Creator has given man , as it were , a cloak to ...
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... elephant with a young lotus - fibre : as one who tries to cut the diamond with a filament of sirisha ; or as one who desires to make the salt sea sweet with a drop of honey . 7. The Creator has given man , as it were , a cloak to ...
... elephant with a young lotus - fibre : as one who tries to cut the diamond with a filament of sirisha ; or as one who desires to make the salt sea sweet with a drop of honey . 7. The Creator has given man , as it were , a cloak to ...
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... elephant who is infuriated by passion . 18. The Creator in his anger may hinder the swan from sporting in the lotus - bed , his dwelling ; but he cannot take away his faculty of separating milk from water . 19. Bracelets are no ornament ...
... elephant who is infuriated by passion . 18. The Creator in his anger may hinder the swan from sporting in the lotus - bed , his dwelling ; but he cannot take away his faculty of separating milk from water . 19. Bracelets are no ornament ...
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... elephant which he has crushed in pieces . How should he , the mightiest of living things , feed upon withered grass ! 30. A dog rejoices over a small filthy bone of an ox which he has found stripped of flesh , though it satisfies not ...
... elephant which he has crushed in pieces . How should he , the mightiest of living things , feed upon withered grass ! 30. A dog rejoices over a small filthy bone of an ox which he has found stripped of flesh , though it satisfies not ...
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... elephant infu- riated with passion . The energy of the noble - minded man proceeds from his natural disposition , not from his youth . Praise of Riches . 39. Our noble birth may go to the lower regions ; our virtues may perish ; our ...
... elephant infu- riated with passion . The energy of the noble - minded man proceeds from his natural disposition , not from his youth . Praise of Riches . 39. Our noble birth may go to the lower regions ; our virtues may perish ; our ...
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according actions acts ascetic bear beautiful becomes beginning Bhartrihari birth body called cast cease clothed contained death deities delight desire destiny destroyed difficult dwell earth earthly elephant enemies enjoy evil exist eyes fall fate favour fear fire firmness flowers forest fruit gained give given glory grows hand head heart heaven Hitopadesa honour idea king knowledge learning liberality live look lord means mighty milk mind moon mountain mouth night Niti Sataka noble objects objects of sense ocean old age one's ornament pain pass passion path peace penance performed pleasure possessions pride princes produce referred riches river says serpent Śiva sloka speech spiritual stanza supposed Telang thee things thou thou hast thought tree truth Vairagya Sataka virtues wealth wife wisdom wise woman women youth