[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) › 2.29 # Shatakatraya 2.29 Śatakatraya 2.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.29) rāgasyāgāram ekaṃ naraka-śata-mahā-duḥkha-samprāpti-heturmohasyotpatti- bījaṃ jaladhara-paṭalaṃ jñāna-tārādhipasya | kandarpasyaika-mitraṃ prakaṭita-vividha-spaṣṭa-doṣa-prabandhaṃ loke 'smin na hy artha-vraja-kula-bhavana-yauvanād anyad asti || > The sole abode of passion, the cause of attaining the great suffering of hundreds of hells, / the seed from which delusion springs, the mass of clouds that obscures the moon of knowledge, / the sole friend of Kandarpa, a continuous display of various evident faults— / in this world, there is nothing other than wealth, family lineage, high dwelling, and youth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.28) - [Next: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.30) - [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.2.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.10.29) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.29) · Pramāṇa