Trust not thy innocence, nor say, “No foeSri Aurobindo
Translations
CWSA.- Volume 5
Part One. Translations from Sanskrit
Section Four.
Bhartrihari. The Century of Life
On the Wicked
Trust not thy innocence, nor say, “No foe
I have the world through;” other is the world.
The deer’s content with simple grass, yet bow
Of hunter fears; the fisher’s net is hurled
To catch the water’s innocents; his high
And simple life contented leads the good,
Yet by the evil heart insatiably
With causeless hatred finds himself pursued.