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Kalidasa

27 quotes

“न रत्नमन्विष्यति मृग्यते हि तत्”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1917 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kumārasambhava, canto 5 (tr. M. R. Kale, 1917)
“If a professor thinks what matters most Is to have gained an academic post Where he can earn a livelihood, and then Neglect research, let controversy rest, He's but a petty tradesman at the best, Selling retail the work of other men.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mālavikāgnimitram, act 1 (tr. John Brough, 1968)
“There in the fane a beauteous creature stands, The first best work of the Creator's hands; Whose slender limbs inadequately bear A full orbed bosom, and a weight of care; Whose teeth like pearls, whose lips like Bimbas show, And fawn-like eyes still tremble as they glow.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1814 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meghadūta, pt. 2, st. 19 (tr. H. H. Wilson, 1814) — the Yaksha's bride
“O my good fortune, please subdue the anguish of your Soul. Nobody is destined only to happiness or to pain. The wheel of life takes one up and down by turn.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meghadūta (tr. C. R. Devadhar, 1984)
“God Shiva and his mountain bride, Like word and meaning unified, The world's great parents, I beseech To join fit meaning to my speech.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Raghuvaṃśa, canto 1 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“O thou who didst create this All, Who dost preserve it, lest it fall, Who wilt destroy it and its ways— To thee, O triune Lord, be praise.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Though many different paths, O Lord, May lead us to some great reward, They gather and are merged in thee Like floods of Ganges in the sea.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Raghuvaṃśa, canto 10 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912) — the incarnation of Rama
“We have watered the trees that blossom in the summer-time. Now let's sprinkle those whose flowering-time is past. That will be a better deed, because we shall not be working for a reward.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 1 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“A thought is as vivid as an act, to a lover.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 1 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“Did the great Creator first draw her in a masterpiece, And then touch life into his art? Or did he make her in his mind alone, Drawing on beauty’s every part? No—considering her singular perfection And her maker’s true omnipotence, I suppose her some quite unique creation In femininity’s treasure house.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 2 (tr. W. J. Johnson, 2001)
“A blossom yet unsmelt, A tender shoot unpinched, A gem uncut, Untasted, fresh-fermented honey-wine, The fruit of proper actions Still intact— A beauty without fault or flaw.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 2 (tr. W. J. Johnson, 2001)
“Grief must be shared to be endured.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 3 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“What is intended to be said, if left unsaid, becomes a matter of regret later.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 3 (tr. Chandra Rajan, 1989)
“Be brave, and check the rising tears That dim your lovely eyes.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 4 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“A bee may be born in a hole in a tree, but she likes the honey of the lotus.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 4 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“May lily-dotted lakes delight your eye; May shade-trees bid the heat of noonday cease; May soft winds blow the lotus-pollen nigh; May all your path be pleasantness and peace.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 4 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“Because your heart, by loving fancies blinded, Has scorned a guest in pious life grown old, Your lover shall forget you though reminded, Or think of you as of a story told.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 4 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“The mind of age is like a lamp Whose oil is running thin; One moment it is shining bright, Then darkness closes in.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 5 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“अनुभवति हि मूर्ध्ना पादपस्तीव्रमुष्णं । शमयति परितापं छायया संश्रितानाम् ॥”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 5 (tr. L. V. Ramachandra Iyer, 1905)
“It is just such women, selfish, sweet, false, that entice fools.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 5 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“I cannot taste the sweet, and cannot leave it.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 5 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“To be a king, is to be a disappointed man.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 6 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“A good man never lets grief get the upper hand. The mountains are calm even in a tempest.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 6 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“I treated her with scorn and loathing ever; Now o’er her pictured charms my heart will burst: A traveller I, who scorned the mighty river, And seeks in the mirage to quench his thirst.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 6 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“A graceful arch of brows above great eyes; Lips bathed in darting, smiling light that flies Reflected from white teeth; a mouth as red As red karkandhu-fruit; love’s brightness shed O’er all her face in bursts of liquid charm— The picture speaks, with living beauty warm.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 6 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“The tear drop that once stood trembling on your lower lip —and I watched uncaring, lost in delusion— while it still clings to your gently-curving lashes, I shall now wipe away, my beloved, to free myself of remorse.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 7 (tr. Chandra Rajan, 1989)
“May kingship benefit the land, And wisdom grow in scholars’ band; May Shiva see my faith on earth And make me free of all rebirth.”
Kalidasa (active around 400) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act 7, last lines (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)