Final Verse of “Mahābhārata” by Nannaya Bhattaraka

Autumn nights under the glowing canopy of stars,
dense with the wind-borne fragrance
of unfolding water lilies,
flooded with light white as camphor
flowing down from the moon,
and filled with sky.

From: Velcheru, Narayana Rao and Shulman, David (eds. and transls.), Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology, 2002, University of California Press: Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, p. 55.
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Date: 11^th century (original in Telugu); 2002 (translation in English)

By: Nannaya Bhattaraka (11^th century)

Translated by: Narayana Rao Velcheru (1932- ) and David Dean Shulman (1949- )