[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) › 1.54 # Shatakatraya 1.54 Śatakatraya 1.54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.54) jāḍyaṃ hrīmati gaṇyate vrata-rucau dambhaḥ śucau kaitavaṃ śūre nirghṛṇatā munau vimatitā dainyaṃ priyālāpini | tejasviny avaliptatā mukharatā vaktary aśaktiḥ sthire tat ko nāma guṇo bhavet sa guṇināṃ yo durjanair nāṅkitaḥ || > Dulness is attributed to the modest man, hypocrisy to the lover of vows, fraud to the pure, / cruelty to the hero, stupidity to the sage, servility to the sweet-spoken, / arrogance to the spirited, talkativeness to the eloquent, weakness to the steadfast; / what virtue then can belong to the virtuous that is not branded by the wicked? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.53) - [Next: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.55) - [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.1.54) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitaratnakosa.38.20) — Vidyākara, Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.3.66) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.4.43) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.54) · Pramāṇa