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# Shatakatraya 1.80

Śatakatraya 1.80

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.80)

kiṃ tena hema-giriṇā rajatādriṇā vā  
yatrāśritāś ca taravas taravas ta eva |  
manyāmahe malayam eva yad-āśrayeṇa  
kaṅkola-nimba-kaṭujā api candanāḥ syuḥ ||

> What is the use of that mountain of gold or that mountain of silver, / on which the trees that dwell remain the very same trees? / We value only Mount Malaya, by resorting to which / even the kaṅkola, the neem, and the bitter kutaja become sandalwood trees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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