Sri Aurobindo

Translations

CWSA.- Volume 5

Part One. Translations from Sanskrit
Section Four. Bhartrihari. The Century of Life

On Wisdom

The Praises of Knowledge

Knowledge is nobler beauty in a man

Than features: ’tis his hidden hoard of price;

This the long roll of Masters first began;

Pleasure it brings, just fame and constant bliss,

And is a helping friend in foreign lands,

And is a very god with puissant hands.

Knowledge, not wealth in great men is adored,

Nor better than a beast the mind unstored.