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CWSA.- Volume 5

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

On Karma

Karma

It is not beauty’s charm nor lineage high,

It is not virtue, wisdom, industry,

Service, nor careful arduous toil that can

Bring forth the fruits of his desire to man;

Old merit mind’s strong asceticism had stored

Returns to him with blessing or a sword,

His own past deeds that flower soon or late

Each in its season on the tree of Fate.