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# Shatakatraya 1.70

Śatakatraya 1.70

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.70)

namratvenonnamantaḥ para-guṇa-kathanaiḥ svān guṇān khyāpayantaḥ  
svārthān sampādayanto vitata-pṛthutarārambha-yatnāḥ parārthe |  
kṣāntyaivākṣepa-rukṣākṣara-mukhara-mukhān durjanān dūṣayantaḥ  
santaḥ sāścarya-caryā jagati bahu-matāḥ kasya nābhyarcanīyāḥ ||

> Rising high through humility, making their own virtues known by recounting the virtues of others, / accomplishing their own ends while undertaking broad and extensive efforts for the sake of others, / refuting wicked men whose mouths are noisy with the harsh words of reproach solely through patience: / who would not revere the virtuous, whose conduct is wondrous and highly honored in the world?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.70) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.4.60) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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