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CWSA.- Volume 5

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

On Wisdom

Worldly Wisdom

Have mercy for all men, for thy own race

Have kindness, for the cunning cunning have,

Affection for the good, and politic ways

For princes: for thy foes a spirit brave,

Patience for elders, candour for the wise:

Have skilful ways to steal out women’s hearts.

Who shine here, masters in these social arts,

In them the human scheme deep-rooted lies.