Bharthrihari was a great grammarian of ancient India.He is also famous for composing poems in classical Sanskrit.One of his compositions the 'Nithi Sataka' deals with ethics. They contain brilliant poems in miniature ,that are entertaining , observant .wry and often deeply reflective.They were written roughly 1500 to 2000 years back !
Some of his poems are as follows :
A man may tear the pearl away from the teeth of a crocodile. He may steer his ship over roughest seas. He may twine a serpent around his brow like a laurel, but he cannot convince a foolish and stubborn opponent!
A man may squeeze oil from sand. He may slake his thirst from the well in a mirage . He may even obtain possession of a hare's horn ,but he cannot change the opinion of a stubborn and foolish man !
God has given a cloak, whereby he can conceal his ignorance . He can wrap it any moment for it always lies at hand. The cloak of silence . An ornament peculiarly fitted for an ignorant man in the company of wise.
The man who cannot appreciate music and literature is exactly like lower animals even though he may not possess horns and a tail.Though he may not eat grass , he yet lives a life precisely like that of kine.
A person who does not study, do penance and charity and has no virtues like patience , pity and courage is nothing but an animal in human form
It is better to roam among mountains with the wild beasts than to live in a palace with fools!
to be contd.....
Some of his poems are as follows :
A man may tear the pearl away from the teeth of a crocodile. He may steer his ship over roughest seas. He may twine a serpent around his brow like a laurel, but he cannot convince a foolish and stubborn opponent!
A man may squeeze oil from sand. He may slake his thirst from the well in a mirage . He may even obtain possession of a hare's horn ,but he cannot change the opinion of a stubborn and foolish man !
God has given a cloak, whereby he can conceal his ignorance . He can wrap it any moment for it always lies at hand. The cloak of silence . An ornament peculiarly fitted for an ignorant man in the company of wise.
The man who cannot appreciate music and literature is exactly like lower animals even though he may not possess horns and a tail.Though he may not eat grass , he yet lives a life precisely like that of kine.
A person who does not study, do penance and charity and has no virtues like patience , pity and courage is nothing but an animal in human form
It is better to roam among mountains with the wild beasts than to live in a palace with fools!
to be contd.....
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