SRI AUROBINDO

Translations

from Sanskrit and Other Languages

Kalidasa

Bhartrihari. The Century of Life

On Wisdom

The Real Ornament

It is not armlets that adorn a man,

Nor necklaces all crammed with moonbright pearls,

Nor baths, nor ointments, nor arrangèd curls.

'Tis art of excellent speech that only can

Adorn him: jewels perish, garlands fade;

This only abides and glitters undecayed.

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