SRI AUROBINDO

Translations

from Sanskrit and Other Languages

Kalidasa

Bhartrihari. The Century of Life

On Fools and Folly

Obstinacy in Folly

Go, with strong violence thy jewel tear

From the fierce alligator's yawning jaws;

Swim the wild surges when they lash the air

Billow on billow thundering without pause;

Or set an angry serpent in thy hair

For garland! Sooner shalt thou gain their ruth

Than conquer the fool's obstinate heart with truth.