Kalidasa
Kalidasa
Kaalidaasa was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems and two shorter poems
"If a professor thinks what matters most Is to have gained an academic post Where he can earn a livelihood, and then Neglect research, let controversy rest, Hes but a petty tradesman at the best, Selling retail the work of other men."
"न रत्नमन्विष्यति मृग्यते हि तत्"
"There in the fane a beauteous creature stands, The first best work of the Creators hands; Whose slender limbs inadequately bear A full orbed bosom, and a weight of care; Whose teeth like pearls, whose lips like Bimbas show, And fawn-like eyes still tremble as they glow."
"O my good fortune, please subdue the anguish of your Soul. Nobody is destined only to happiness or to pain. The wheel of life takes one up and down by turn."
"God Shiva and his mountain bride, Like word and meaning unified, The worlds great parents, I beseech To join fit meaning to my speech."
"O thou who didst create this All, Who dost preserve it, lest it fall, Who wilt destroy it and its ways— To thee, O triune Lord, be praise."
"We have watered the trees that blossom in the summer-time. Now lets sprinkle those whose flowering-time is past. That will be a better deed, because we shall not be working for a reward."
"Though many different paths, O Lord, May lead us to some great reward, They gather and are merged in thee Like floods of Ganges in the sea."
"A thought is as vivid as an act, to a lover."
"Did the great Creator first draw her in a masterpiece, And then touch life into his art? Or did he make her in his mind alone, Drawing on beauty’s every part? No—considering her singular perfection And her maker’s true omnipotence, I suppose her some quite unique creation In femininity’s treasure house."
"Grief must be shared to be endured."
"A blossom yet unsmelt, A tender shoot unpinched, A gem uncut, Untasted, fresh-fermented honey-wine, The fruit of proper actions Still intact— A beauty without fault or flaw."
