[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) › 1.75 # Shatakatraya 1.75 Śatakatraya 1.75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.75) eke sat-puruṣāḥ parārtha-ghaṭakāḥ svārthaṃ parityajanti ye sāmānyās tu parārtham udyama-bhṛtaḥ svārthāvirodhena ye | te 'mī mānuṣa-rākṣasāḥ parahitaṃ svārthāya nighnanti ye ye tu ghnanti nirarthakaṃ parahitaṃ te ke na jānīmahe || > Some are good men, who achieve another's good while abandoning their own; / but the ordinary are those who strive for another's good without conflicting with their own; / these are human demons, who destroy another's welfare for their own sake; / but as for those who destroy another's welfare to no purpose, who they are we do not know. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.74) - [Next: 1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.76) - [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.1.75) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.5.64) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.75) · Pramāṇa