[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) › 1.85 # Shatakatraya 1.85 Śatakatraya 1.85 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.85) bhagnāśasya karaṇḍa-piṇḍita-tanor mlānendriyasya kṣudhā kṛtvākhur vivaraṃ svayaṃ nipatito naktaṃ mukhe bhoginaḥ | tṛptas tat-piśitena satvaram asau tenaiva yātaḥ yathā lokāḥ paśyata daivam eva hi nṛṇāṃ vṛddhau kṣaye kāraṇam || > Into the mouth of a serpent, whose hopes were crushed, body coiled in a basket, faculties withered by hunger, / a rat, having gnawed an opening, fell of its own accord at night; / satisfied with its flesh, the serpent quickly departed by that very way. / Behold, O people: fate alone is the cause of men’s rise and fall! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.84) - [Next: 1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.86) - [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.1.85) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitaratnakosa.40.2) — Vidyākara, Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.14.8) — Sanskrit - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.2.147) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit - [Pañcākhyānaka (textus ornatior)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*purnabhadra.5.159) — Pūrṇabhadra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.85) · Pramāṇa