Earth is hemmed in with Ocean’s vaster moan;Sri Aurobindo
Translations
CWSA.- Volume 5
Part One. Translations from Sanskrit
Section Four.
Bhartrihari. The Century of Life
Miscellaneous Verses
Earth is hemmed in with Ocean’s vaster moan;
The world of waters flows not infinitely;
A high unwearied traveller, the Sun
Maps out the limits of the vaulted sky.
On every creature born a seal is set
With limits budded in, kept separate.
Only man’s soul looks out with luminous eyes
Upon the worlds illimitably wise.