Bhartṛhari K296

Ryder

            
            THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE
            
            A few brave men pursue
            
              Rogue elephants to death;
            
            There are a braver few
            
              Who stop the lion's breath;
            
            The bravest of the brave-
            
              And fewer yet they prove-
            
            Are they who can enslave
            
              The haughty god of love.

Brough

            
            There are men brave enough to face and slay 
            
            A wild rogue elephant, or a hungry Hon. 
            
            But – I will tell such heroes to their face –
            
            Few men, for all their strength, can break Love’s pride.

Gopinath1914

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Gopinath1896

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Kosambi

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मत्तेभकुम्भदलने भुवि सन्ति शूराः

केचित् प्रचण्ड मृगराजवधेऽपि दक्षाः |

किंतु ब्रवीमि बलिनां पुरतः प्रसह्य

कन्दर्पदर्पदलने विरला मनुष्याः ॥ २ ९ ६ ॥

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- 4 ) After के , Ya lost on missing folio . G1 मृगजाति Eet ' विधे ; F1.2 ° जये ( for

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-मदने ( for -दलने ) . F3s विरला ; Y7 विरता .

BIS . 4662 ( 2091 ) Bhartr ed . Bohl . 1. 58. Haeb 61 Subhash 76 ; Sabhyā .

añkaraņ & of Govindajit f . 21a ( Bh . ) ; SM . 1381 ; SN . 252 ; ISSV . 1366 ; JSV .

1346 ; SILP . 4.57 ( Bh . ) .