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CWSA.- Volume 5

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

On the Wicked

Realities

Greed if thou hast, thou art of sin secure:

Being treacherous, of what heinous fault hast need?

No distant temple wants whose soul is pure:

Heart’s truth is more than penance, vow or creed.

With natural goodness, why mere virtues pile?

The soul being great, a royal crown were poor;

Good books thou hast, rubies were surplus vile;

When shame has pierced the heart, can death do more?