[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) › 1.94 # Shatakatraya 1.94 Śatakatraya 1.94 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.94) namasyāmo devān nanu hatavidhes te 'pi vaśagā vidhir vandyaḥ so 'pi pratiniyata-karmaika-phaladaḥ | phalaṃ karmāyattaṃ yadi kim amaraiḥ kiṃ ca vidhinā namas tat-karmabhyo vidhir api na yebhyaḥ prabhavati || > We bow to the gods, yet they are subject to accursed fate; / fate should be revered, yet it merely grants the fruits of predetermined deeds. / If the fruit depends on karma, what need is there of the gods, and what need of fate? / Homage to those karmas over which even fate has no power! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.93) - [Next: 1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.95) - [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.1.94) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.30.26) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.6.21) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.8.91) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit - [Śāntiśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya.santisataka.9.1) — Śilhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.94) · Pramāṇa