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# Shatakatraya 1.2

Śatakatraya 1.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.2)

boddhāro matsara-grastāḥ  
prabhavaḥ smaya-dūṣitāḥ |  
abodhopahatāḥ cānye  
jīrṇam aṅge subhāṣitam ||

> The discerning are seized by envy;  
> those in power are ruined by pride;  
> and others are struck down by ignorance:  
> so the well-turned verse has decayed within the body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.1.2) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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