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# Shatakatraya 1.101

Śatakatraya 1.101

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.101)

majjatv ambhasi yātu meru-śikharaṃ śatruṃ jayatv āhave  
vāṇijyaṃ kṛṣi-sevane ca sakalā vidyāḥ kalāḥ śikṣatām |  
ākāśaṃ vipulaṃ prayātu khagavat kṛtvā prayatnaṃ paraṃ  
nābhāvyaṃ bhavatīha karma-vaśato bhāvyasya nāśaḥ kutaḥ ||

> Let one plunge into the water, scale the peak of Meru, conquer the enemy in battle, / engage in trade or agriculture, and study all the sciences and arts; / let one soar across the vast sky like a bird with supreme effort— / what is not destined to be will not happen here through the force of karma; how could what is destined to be ever perish?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.101) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Sahrdayānandinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya!ramacandra-budhendra) — Rāmacandra Budhendra, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛharitriśatīṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya!venkubudha) — Veṅkubudha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.2.72.116) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.4654) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.27.4) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit
- [Sadācārasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sadacarasamuccaya.29.40) — Harerāma Śarman, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.8.15) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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