Poems

A Man May Tear A Jewel A man may tear a jewel From a sea monster’s jaws, Cross a tumultuous sea Of raging tides, Or twine […]

Apathy Is Ascribed To The Modest Man Apathy is ascribed to the modest man, Fraud to the devout, Hypocrisy to the pure, Cruelty to the hero, […]

Niiti-shatakam. aGYaH sukhamaaraadhyaH, sukhataramaaraadhyate visheshhaGYaH. GYaanalavadurvidagdhaM, brahmaa.api naraM na ra.njayati.. An ignorant man is easily pleased, learned man even easier, but a man distorted by little […]

One Law There Is ONE law there is: no deed perform To others that to thee were harm; And this is all, all laws beside With […]

Sweet Maid Sweet maid, you perform a singular feat With the archer’s bow. You pierce hearts without arrows, But with strands of your beauty.

The Passage of Time’ “yatraAnekah: kvacidapi gRhe tatra tiSTaty athaiko yatrApy ekas tadanu bahavas tatra naiko2pi cAnte ittham naiyau rajanidivasau lolayan dvAv ivAkSau kAlah: kalyo bhuvanaphalake […]

Verses On Renunciation I have travelled in many countries, hard to travel in, And got no result; Giving up pride of birth and position, I have […]

While His Body’s Vigor Is Whole While his body’s vigor is whole And old age is remote; While his sensuous powers are unimpaired And life not […]

Fantasies of a Love Thief Even now My thought is all of this gold-tinted king’s daughter With garlands tissue and golden buds, Smoke tangles of her […]

A Day Of Sunshine It was such a lovely sunshine-day, The house and the yard couldn’t hold me; I roved to the woods, on my back […]