[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) › 1.93 # Shatakatraya 1.93 Śatakatraya 1.93 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.93) patraṃ naiva yadā karīra-viṭape doṣo vasantasya kim nolūko 'py avaokate yadi divā sūryasya kiṃ dūṣaṇam | dhārā naiva patanti cātaka-mukhe meghasya kiṃ dūṣaṇam yat pūrvaṃ vidhinā lalāṭa-likhitaṃ tan mārjituṃ kaḥ kṣamaḥ || > If a leaf never appears on the karīra shrub, is it the fault of spring? / If an owl cannot see by day, what blame attaches to the sun? / If streams of rain do not fall into the mouth of the cātaka bird, what blame belongs to the cloud? / What was written long ago by fate upon the forehead—who is able to wipe it away? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.92) - [Next: 1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.94) - [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.1.93) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vṛddhacāṇakya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.canakyaniti*vrddha.12-6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.93) · Pramāṇa