Sri Aurobindo

Translations

CWSA.- Volume 5

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

On Pride and Heroism

Aut Caesar aut Nullus

Two fates alone strong haughty minds endure,

Of worth convinced; – on the world’s forehead proud

Singly to bloom exalted o’er the crowd,

Or wither in the wilderness obscure.