SRI AUROBINDO
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Kalidasa
Bhartrihari. The Century of Life
Miscellaneous Verses
The bloom of natural goodness like a flower
Is Nature’s darling, all her creatures prize,
And on whose body’s stock its fragrant power
Blossoms, all fiercest things can humanise.
For him red fire becomes like water pale and cool,
For him heaven-threatening Ocean sinks into a pool
Of quiet azure; for him the lion’s heart
Tames its dire hungers to be like the hind’s,
And the fell snake unsoothed by music’s art
Upon his brows in floral wreaths he binds.
Poisons for him to nectar change; impassable hills
Droop, gentle slopes; strong blessings grow from ruthless ills.