Friday, June 09, 2023
The Old Man
Adi Shankara, Bhaja Govindam 15 (stanza attributed to Hastamalaka; tr. Pavan K. Varma):
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Feeble has grown the old man's body, toothless his gums and bald his head; but there he goes, upon his crutches, clinging firmly to fruitless hope!The same, tr. T.M.P. Mahadevan:
The body has become decrepit; the head has turned grey; the mouth has been rendered toothless; grasping a stick, the old man moves about. Even then, the mass of desires does not go.
