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# Shatakatraya 1.14

Śatakatraya 1.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.14)

varaṃ parvata-durgeṣu  
bhrāntaṃ vanacaraiḥ saha  
na mūrkha-jana-samparkaḥ  
surendra-bhavaneṣv api ||

> Better to wander in mountain strongholds  
> with wild forest dwellers  
> than to have association with fools,  
> even in the mansions of Surendra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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