On Fools by: Bhartrhari <http://www.blackcatpoems.com/b/bhartrhari.html> (6th or 7th century A.D.) translated by C. H. Tawney
She whom I worship night and day, she loathes my very sight, And on my neighbour dotes, who in another takes delight; A third she in my humble self-nothing but good can see: Now out upon the god of love <http://www.blackcatpoems.com/l/love_poems.html>, and him, and them, and me! Easy is a fool to manage, easier still a man of sense, Bhrama's self is foiled by one of little brains and great pretence. Snatch a jewel, if it please you, from the tiger's ravening throat; Cross the ocean, though its billows toss in foam-wreaths round your boat; Fearless twine an angry cobra like a garland round your head; But with fools forbear to argue--better strive to wake the dead. If you squeeze with might and main, Oil from sand you may obtain; If with parching thirst you burn, Some mirage may serve your turn; If you wander far and wide, Rabbits' horns may grace your side; But you'll never--trust my rule-- Please a headstrong, bumptious fool. As well attempt to pierce with flowers the diamond of the mine, As well attempt with honey-drops to sweeten ocean's brine, As well go bind with lotus-bands the lord of frost herds, As strive to lead in wisdom's ways the bad with sugared words. When the Creator made the dolt, He left him not without his bold; That fool shows best the wise among Who strokes his beard and holds his tongue. >From Heaven <http://www.notable-quotes.com/h/heaven_quotes.html> to Siva's head, and thence to Himalaya's snows, To India's plain, thence to the main, the sacred Ganges flows-- A sad descent! but rivers go astray, like foolish men, >From heaven's crown they tumble down and never rise again. Water will serve to put out fire, umbrella 'against the heat, A sharp hook guides the elephant, the ox and ass we beat, Disease we cure with doctor's stuff, the serpent's bite with charms-- Against the fool, the worst of ills, Nature <http://www.literary-quotations.com/n/nature_quotes.html> provides no arms. Deem him who verse and music scorns A beast without the tail and horns; What though he never feed on grass, I hold him nonetheless an ass. Those slaves who neither fast nor give, Unjust, unthinking, idle live, Are beasts, though men by right of birth, Unwieldy burdens, cumbering earth. I'd sooner live in mountain caves with lions, bears, and apes, Than dwell in Indra's heavenly halls with brainless human shapes K RAJARAM IRS 22 8 23 On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 at 01:55, APS Mani <[email protected]> wrote: > Another one from the joker! > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Gopala Krishnan <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 1:31 PM > Subject: Re: My mails to other groups > To: APS Mani <[email protected]> > > > What is your concern on me? mental torture by writing abusing and > sarcastic mails to me. What more sir? > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 8:28 PM APS Mani <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When I copy the mails; REPLY TO ALL as you have done today >> of your mails, many are bouncing as I am not a member of those groups. I >> am concerned with Iyer 123 Google group only. >> >> Moreover, I am concerned with YOU and not with the groups, dear Mr >> Gopalakrishnan! >> >> Mani >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoq7kEr%3DrFMYyH0cvn5zdM7hY%3D013P6eMp%3DFnpz-BvrfNQ%40mail.gmail.com.
