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# Shatakatraya 1.76

Śatakatraya 1.76

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.76)

kṣīreṇātmagatodakāya hi guṇā dattā purā te 'khilā  
kṣīrottāpam avekṣya tena payasā svātmā kṛśānau hutaḥ |  
gantuṃ pāvakam unmanas tad abhavad dṛṣṭvā tu mitrāpadaṃ  
yuktaṃ tena jalena śāmyati satāṃ maitrī punas tv īdṛśī ||

> All its own qualities were formerly imparted by the milk to the water within it; / seeing the heating of the milk, that water offered itself into the fire; / seeing its friend's distress, the milk grew eager to enter the fire; / reunited with that water, it is pacified: such is the friendship 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.1.76) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.11.6) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.5.66) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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