Goaded, ego gloats in air

Stoked and stirred up, fire flares, If provoked, cobra scares, Hurt by loss of glory, Startled, beasts show fury, Goaded, ego gloats in thin airs. _______________ Translation |11.01.2025| ego, self, fire, snake/cobra Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. Ego identifies with (lower) self--man, bird or beast. If hurt, it reacts. When stoked fire flares. If provoked, cobra tries to scare. So does human ego. The transliteration of the Sanskrit verse follows: Jvalati chalite indhana agnih, vi-prakrtah pannagah phanaam kurute | Praayah sve mahimaanam kshobhaat prati-padyanta jantavah || 218 ||