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# Shatakatraya 1.36

Śatakatraya 1.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.36)

varaṃ pakṣa-cchedaḥ samadamaghavan-mukta-kuliśaprahārair  
udgacchad-bahula-dahanodgāra-gurubhiḥ |  
tuṣārādreḥ sūnor ahaha pitari kleśa-vivaśe  
na cāsau sampātaḥ payasi payasāṃ patyur ucitaḥ ||

> Far better had been the cutting off of his wings by blows of the thunderbolt hurled by haughty Indra, / heavy with rising, massy bursts of fire; / but for that son of the snowy mountain, while his father was helpless in distress, / alas, this plunging into the water of the lord of waters was not fitting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.36) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Sahrdayānandinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya!ramacandra-budhendra.1.36) — Rāmacandra Budhendra, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛharitriśatīṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya!venkubudha.1.36) — Veṅkubudha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.5.5.11) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.5972) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.3.28) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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