[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Gnomic verse and anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita) › [Shatakatraya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya) › 1.17 # Shatakatraya 1.17 Śatakatraya 1.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.17) adhigata-paramārthān paṇḍitān māvamaṃsthās tṛṇam iva laghu lakṣmīr naiva tān saṃruṇaddhi | abhinava-mada-lekhā-śyāma-gaṇḍa-sthalānāṃ na bhavati bisatantur vāraṇaṃ vāraṇānām || > Do not demean wise men who have attained the ultimate truth; > wealth, light as a blade of grass, cannot restrain them at all. > A lotus fiber is never a check for elephants > whose temples are dark with fresh streaks of rut. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.18) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.17) · Pramāṇa