Bhartrihari: Likeness

Bhartrihari is Indian linguist, poet and writer. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

Bhartrihari: 14 quotes1 like

“When I knew but a little, I was blinded by pride as an elephant is blinded by rut from excitement, and my mind was puffed up with the idea that I knew everything. When, however, I gradually gained knowledge through the contact of the wise I found I was a fool; and the pride, which had possessed me like a fever, left me.”

Nītiśataka 8; translation of K.M. Joglekar
Śatakatraya

“Life is flowing away like water running out from a leaky vessel.”

Vairagyaśatakam 38 https://archive.org/stream/Vairagya.Satakam.of.Bhartrihari#page/n28/mode/1up <br class="br">Śatakatraya

“In opulence the heart of great men is as soft as that of a lotus flower, but in adversity the same hardens like a rock of a big mountain.”

Nītiśataka 65
Śatakatraya