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CWSA.- Volume 5

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

Miscellaneous Verses

The Rarity of the Altruist

Low minds enough there are who only care

To fill their lusts with pleasure, maws with food.

Where shall we find him, the high soul and rare

To whom the good of others is his good?

First of the saints is he, first of the wise.

The Red Mare of the Ocean drinks the seas

Her own insatiable fire to feed;

The cloud for greater ends exacts his need,

The parching heats to cool, Earth’s pain to ease.

Wealth’s sole good is to heal the unhappy’s sighs.