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CWSA.- Volume 5

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

On Firmness

The Self-Reliance of the Wise

The tree once pruned shall seek again the skies,

The moon in heaven waning wax once more:

Wise men grieve not nor vex their soul with sighs

Though the world tread them down with savage roar;

Knowing their strength, they husband it to rise.