[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) › 2.10 # Shatakatraya 2.10 Śatakatraya 2.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.10) nūnaṃ hi te kavi-varā viparīta-vāco ye nityam āhur abalā iti kāminīs tāḥ | yābhir vilolitara-tāraka-dṛṣṭi-pātaiḥ śakrādayo 'pi vijitās tv abalāḥ kathaṃ tāḥ || > Surely those best of poets spoke contrarily / who constantly called those amorous women 'the powerless' (abalāḥ); / for how can they be powerless by whom, with casting of eyes with rolling pupils, / even Śakra and the other gods are conquered? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.9) - [Next: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.11) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.11) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.9.10) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.10) · Pramāṇa