[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) › 1.29 # Shatakatraya 1.29 Śatakatraya 1.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.29) kṣut-kṣāmo 'pi jarā-kṛśo 'pi śithila-prāṇo 'pi kaṣṭāṃ daśām āpanno 'pi vipanna-dīdhitir iti prāṇeṣu naśyatsv api | mattebhendra-vibhinna-kumbha-piśita-grāsaika-baddha-spṛhaḥ kiṃ jīrṇaṃ tṛṇam atti māna-mahatām agresaraḥ kesarī || > Wasted with hunger, worn out with old age, his breath failing, fallen into / a wretched state, his radiance vanished, though life itself is departing: / does the lion, foremost among those great in self-respect, whose only desire / is fixed on a mouthful of flesh from the split temple of a rutting lord of elephants, eat withered grass? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.28) - [Next: 1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.30) - [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.1.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Anyoktimuktāvali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.anyokti.anyoktimuktavali.200_286) — Haṃsavijayagaṇi 1654, Sanskrit - [Budhabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.budhabhusana.1.125) — Sambhurāja 1680, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.3.21) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.29) · Pramāṇa