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Shatakatraya 1.105

Śatakatraya 1.105

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Sanskrit

1.105

kadarthitasyāpi hi dhairya-vṛtter
na śakyate dhairya-guṇaḥ pramārṣṭum |
adhomukhasyāpi kṛtasya vahner
nādhaḥ śikhā yāti kadācid eva ||

Even when a man of resolute conduct is mistreated, / the quality of fortitude cannot be wiped away; / for even if fire is turned face downward, / its flame never travels downward.

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