[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) › 1.31 # Shatakatraya 1.31 Śatakatraya 1.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.31) lāṅgūla-cālanam adhaś-caraṇāvapātaṃ bhūmau nipatya vadanodara-darśanaṃ ca | śvā piṇḍadasya kurute gaja-puṅgavas tu dhīraṃ vilokayati cāṭu-śataiś ca bhuṅkte || > Wagging the tail, falling down beneath the feet, / rolling on the ground, and showing mouth and belly: / these a dog performs for the one who gives him a morsel; but the noble elephant / gazes calmly, and eats only after a hundred flatteries. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.30) - [Next: 1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.32) - [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.1.31) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Sahrdayānandinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya!ramacandra-budhendra.1.31) — Rāmacandra Budhendra, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛharitriśatīṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya!venkubudha.1.31) — Veṅkubudha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.5.13.71) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.5845) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.31) · Pramāṇa