The Śatakas of Bhartr̥ihari |
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... wise man ! cultivate constantly divine virtue ; for that makes evil men good , the foolish wise , enemies well disposed , invisible things visible ; in a moment that turns poison into nectar ; that will give you the desired fruit of ...
... wise man ! cultivate constantly divine virtue ; for that makes evil men good , the foolish wise , enemies well disposed , invisible things visible ; in a moment that turns poison into nectar ; that will give you the desired fruit of ...
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... wise to be as changeable as the drop of dew which rests upon the lotus leaf . Faults indeed develop in a woman together with her growth , as the poisonous shoots sprout in the creeper . 2. Whether a brave man who is killed in the ...
... wise to be as changeable as the drop of dew which rests upon the lotus leaf . Faults indeed develop in a woman together with her growth , as the poisonous shoots sprout in the creeper . 2. Whether a brave man who is killed in the ...
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... wise men , which has no limits . 5. There is one divinity , Keśava or Śiva ; one friend , a king or an ascetic ; one dwelling , in a town or in the forest ; one wife , handsome or ugly . [ It matters not which a man may choose . ] 6 ...
... wise men , which has no limits . 5. There is one divinity , Keśava or Śiva ; one friend , a king or an ascetic ; one dwelling , in a town or in the forest ; one wife , handsome or ugly . [ It matters not which a man may choose . ] 6 ...
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... wise must be respected , even when the advice they give us is not suitable . The ordinary converse of such men is like Holy Writ . 13. A good man may fall , but he falls as a ball ; an ignoble man falls like a lump of clay . 14. If , by ...
... wise must be respected , even when the advice they give us is not suitable . The ordinary converse of such men is like Holy Writ . 13. A good man may fall , but he falls as a ball ; an ignoble man falls like a lump of clay . 14. If , by ...
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... wise men , I discovered my foolishness , and my mad ex- citement left me . Condition of Indifference . 32. Time has gone by , passed without difficulty through the pleasing society of beautiful women . We are wearied through our long ...
... wise men , I discovered my foolishness , and my mad ex- citement left me . Condition of Indifference . 32. Time has gone by , passed without difficulty through the pleasing society of beautiful women . We are wearied through our long ...
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ascetic Author Bengal Bhartrihari Book Buddhist C. M. Ingleby Cambridge Chinese cloth College Compiled containing Crown 8vo Demy 8vo desire DICTIONARY earth Edward Edwin Arnold elephant English and Foreign enlarged ESSAYS evil F. W. Newman Fcap Foreign Philosophical Library French gained Geology German GRAMMAR Henry Hindu History Illustrations Imperial Index India Introduction James John John Dowson king LANGUAGE late Lectures Literature live LL.D London Max Müller mind Modern Müller Nîti Notes Original Oxford paper Ph.D PHILOSOPHY Plates pleasure Poems POETRY Post 8vo Post free Professor of Sanskrit RALPH T. H. GRIFFITH RELIGION Revised Royal 8vo Samuel Butler Sanskrit Second Edition sewed Śiva sloka Small 4to Society Svarga Telang Text Third Edition Thomas thou tion Translated Trübner's Collection Trübner's Oriental Series University Vairagya Verse viii virtues Vocabulary volume W. R. Greg W. W. Hunter William wise words wrapper