Pace lone the plume prime of a horse

Pace be the plume prime of a horse, Austere man’s leanness, girl’s shyness, Brahmin’s knowledge, king’s forgiveness, Valour, whose arms be the sole force. ____________________________ Translation |26.10.2024|embellishment, horse, girl, Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. Bhatrihari was elder brother of the renowned king Vikramaditya of Ujjain. He had two queens: Pingala and Padmaakshee. He loved Pingala immensely but abdicated the throne and left for forest when he found that she loved another man on the hide. A learned man, he gave wealth of literature in Sanskrit. Among them: Shringara Shataka, Neeti Shataka, Vairagya Shataka, and Vijnana Shataka. This verse is one of his brilliant creations. The transliteration of the Sanskrit verse follows: Javoh hi sapte paramam vibhooshhanam, trapa anganaayaah, krishhataa tapasvinah | Dvijasya vidyaa, nripateh api kshhamaa, paraakramah shastra-balena jeevitaam |