[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) › 1.30 # Shatakatraya 1.30 Śatakatraya 1.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.30) svalpa-snāyu-vasāvaśeṣa-malinaṃ nirmāṃsam apy asthi goḥ śvā labdhvā paritoṣam eti na tu tat tasya kṣudhā-śāntaye | siṃho jambukam aṅkam āgatam api tyaktvā nihanti dvipaṃ sarvaḥ kṛcchra-gato 'pi vāñchanti janaḥ sattvānurūpaṃ phalam || > Having found a cow's bone without flesh, smeared with just a trace of sinew and fat, / a dog is satisfied, yet it does not serve to quell his hunger; / the lion, letting go a jackal that has come right into his grasp, slays an elephant: / every person, even when fallen into distress, desires a fruit worthy of his own spirit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.29) - [Next: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.31) - [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.1.30) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Anyoktimuktāvali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.anyokti.anyoktimuktavali.200_412) — Haṃsavijayagaṇi 1654, Sanskrit - [Pañcākhyānaka (textus ornatior)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*purnabhadra.2.12-2) — Pūrṇabhadra, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.3.22) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.30) · Pramāṇa