The Jewel In The Cobra's Mouth

McGill University's professor Eric Ormsby reviews The Clay Sanskrit Library, a compilation of masterpieces in Sanskrit poetry, drama and prose in a dual-language format. Great stuff.

For example, here's Bhartrihari translated:

Armlets do not embellish a man,
Nor necklaces bright as the moon,
Nor a bath, nor ointment, nor flowers,
Nor well-adorned hair.
Only perfectly cultivated speech
Thoroughly adorns a man.
All adornments fade away always.
Adornment of speech is the real adornment.

Why don't Indians author such translations of Sanskrit classics? Or perhaps they do -- but are not as well publicized. Any thoughts?