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SANSKRIT
THE LANGUAGE OF INDIA’S SOUL
prārabhyate na khalu vighnamayena nīcaiḥ prārabhya vighnavihatā viramanti madhyāḥ |
vighnaiḥ punaḥ punarapi pratihanyamānāḥ prārabghamuttamaguṇā na parityajanti ||
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प्रणरभ्यत न खौ मवघ्नमयन नीलः प्रणरभ्य मवघ्नमवितण मवरमन्त मध्णः ।
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मवघ्नः पनः पनरमप प्रमतिन्यमणनणः प्रणरब्घमत्तमगर्ण न पररत्यजन्त॥
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Some from high action through base fear refrain;
The path is difficult, the way not plain.
Others more noble to begin, are stayed
By a few failures. Great spirits undismayed
Abandon never what once to do they swore.
Baffled beaten back, they spring once more,
Buffeted and borne down, rise up again,
And, full of wounds, come on like iron men
(Bhartrihari, Nītiśatakam, Translation by Sri Aurobindo)
