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# Shatakatraya 1.60

Śatakatraya 1.60

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.60)

ārambha-gurvī kṣayiṇī krameṇa  
laghvī purā vṛddhimatī ca paścāt |  
dinasya pūrvārdha-parārdha-bhinnā  
chāyeva maitrī khala-saj-janānām ||

> Long at first, then gradually dwindling; / small at first, then increasing afterwards: / different like the shadow of the forenoon and the afternoon / is the friendship of the wicked and of the virtuous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.60) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.6.392) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit
- [Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitaratnakosa.38.24) — Vidyākara, Sanskrit
- [Prabandhakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.7.4) — Rājaśekhara Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.4.49) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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