Bharthruhari. Poem by Gangadharan nair Pulingat..

Gleanings from ancient texts vital
The continuity it gives to human psyches
The philosophy, science, and all
Came through the vast ocean of knowledge
Bharthru Hari, the great Indian philosopher
The poet, the ascetic, the writer
Who wrote the 'Neeti shatakam'or moral code
The principles to learn in such ancient years
The virtue of association with wisest
Being knowledge a vast ocean here continues
He the great poet lives in his principles
His teachings of goodness of ancient period.