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# Bhartriharishataka 2.17

Bhartṛhariśataka 2.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.2.17)

kṣāntiścetkavacena kiṃ kimaribhiḥ krodho'sti ceddehināṃ  
jñātiścedanalena kiṃ yadi suhṛddivyauṣadhaiḥ kiṃ phalam  
kiṃ sarpairyadi durjanāḥ kimu dhanairvidyānavadyā yadi  
vrīḍā cetkimu bhūṣaṇaiḥ sukavitā yadyasti rājyena kim

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Śatakatraya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.21) — Bhartṛhari (poet), Sanskrit

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