[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) › 2.28 # Shatakatraya 2.28 Śatakatraya 2.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.28) rājas-tṛṣṇāmburāśer na hi jagati gataḥ kaścid evāvasānaṃ ko vārtho 'rthaiḥ prabhūtaiḥ sva-vapuṣi galite yauvane sānurāge | gacchāmaḥ sadma yāvad vikasita-nayanendīvarālokinīnāmākramyākramya rūpaṃ jhaṭiti na jarayā lupyate preyasīnām || > No one in this world has ever reached the end of the ocean of desire for kingly wealth; / what is the use of abundant riches when youth, accompanied by passion, has departed from one's own body? / Let us go home before the beauty of our beloveds, / who gaze with blossom-like blue-lotus eyes, is suddenly destroyed by the relentless assault of old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.27) - [Next: 2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.29) - [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.2.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.10.28) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.28) · Pramāṇa