[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) › 1.5 # Shatakatraya 1.5 Śatakatraya 1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.5) labheta sikatāsu tailam api yatnataḥ pīḍayan pibec ca mṛga-tṛṣṇikāsu salilaṃ pipāsārditaḥ | kvacid api paryaṭan śaśa-viṣāṇam āsādayet na tu pratiniviṣṭa-mūrkha-cittam ārādhayet || > One might even obtain oil from sands by pressing with effort, > one tormented by thirst might even drink water from mirages, > wandering somewhere one might even find a hare's horn, > but one cannot win over the mind of an obstinate fool. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.6) - [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.1.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Subhāṣitāvali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.447) — Vallabhadeva (anthologist), Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.1.5) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.5) · Pramāṇa