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CWSA.- Volume 5

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

On Wealth

Wealth the Sorcerer

He who has wealth, has birth; gold who can spill,

Is scholar, doctor, critic, what you will;

For who has golden coin, has golden tongue,

Is glorious, gracious, beautiful and young;

All virtues, talents, fames to gold repair

And lodge in gold leaving the poor man bare.