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# Shatakatraya 1.35

Śatakatraya 1.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.35)

vahati bhuvana-śreṇiṃ śeṣaḥ phaṇāphalaka-sthitāṃ  
kamaṭha-patinā madhye-pṛṣṭhaṃ sadā sa ca dhāryate |  
tam api kurute kroḍādhīnaṃ payodhir anādarād  
ahaha mahatāṃ niḥsīmānaś caritra-vibhūtayaḥ ||

> Śeṣa bears the succession of worlds resting upon his hood-plates; / and he is constantly supported on the middle of his back by the king of tortoises; / the ocean carelessly takes even him into its embrace: / ah, boundless are the manifestations of the conduct of the great!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.3.27) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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