[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) › 1.38 # Shatakatraya 1.38 Śatakatraya 1.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.38) jātir yātu rasātalaṃ guṇa-gaṇais tatrāpy adho gamyatāṃ śīlaṃ śaila-taṭāt patatv abhijanaḥ sandahyatāṃ vahninā | śaurye vairiṇi vajram āśu nipatatv artho 'stu naḥ kevalaṃ yenaikena vinā guṇas tṛṇa-lava-prāyāḥ samastā ime || > Let caste go to the nether world, and the host of virtues sink down even below it; / let moral conduct fall from a mountain cliff, let noble descent be consumed by fire; / let a thunderbolt quickly strike down upon valor, that enemy; let wealth alone be ours, / without which single thing all these virtues are merely like bits of grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.37) - [Next: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.39) - [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.1.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.19.1) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.4.31) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.38) · Pramāṇa