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# Shatakatraya 1.10

Śatakatraya 1.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.10)

śiraḥ śārvaṃ svargāt paśupati-śirastaḥ kṣitidharaṃ  
mhīdhrād uttuṅgād avanim avaneś cāpi jaladhim |  
adho 'dho gaṅgeyaṃ padam upagatā stokam  
athavāviveka-bhraṣṭānāṃ bhavati vinipātaḥ śatamukhaḥ ||

> From heaven to Śarva's head, from Paśupati's head to the mountain,  
> from the lofty peak to the earth, and from the earth into the ocean,  
> this Gaṅgā has descended step by step, ever lower;  
> or rather, for those fallen from discernment, downfall happens in a hundred ways.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.10) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.1.10) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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