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# Shatakatraya 1.84

Śatakatraya 1.84

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.84)

nindantu nīti-nipuṇā yadi vā stuvantu  
lakṣmīḥ samāviśatu gacchatu vā yatheṣṭham |  
adyaiva vā maraṇam astu yugāntare vā  
nyāyyāt pathaḥ pravicalanti padaṃ na dhīrāḥ ||

> Let experts in worldly wisdom blame or let them praise, / let fortune enter or depart at will, / let death come this very day or at the end of an aeon— / the steadfast do not step aside by a single foot from the righteous path.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.84) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.23.7) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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