SRI AUROBINDO
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Kalidasa
Bhartrihari. The Century of Life
On Pride and Heroism
The dog with a poor bone is satisfied,
Meatless, with bits of fat and sinew greased,
Nor is his hunger with such remnants eased.
Not so the kingly lion in his pride!
He lets the jackal go grazed by his claw
And slays the tuskèd kings. Such Nature’s law;
Each being pitches his high appetite
At even with his courage and his might.