[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) › 2.31 # Shatakatraya 2.31 Śatakatraya 2.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.31) saṃsāre 'sminn asāre kunṛpati-bhavana-dvāra-sevā-kalaṅkavyāsaṅga- vyasta-dhairyaṃ katham amala-dhiyo mānasaṃ saṃvidadhyuḥ | yady etāḥ prodyad-indu-dyuti-nicaya-bhṛto na syur ambhoja-netrāḥ preṅkhat-kāñcī-kalāpāḥ stana-bhara-vinaman-madhya-bhājas taruṇyaḥ || > In this worthless cycle of worldly existence, how could men of pure intellect / fix their minds, whose fortitude is broken by attachment to the disgrace of attending at the doors of petty kings, / if there were not these young maidens, bearing the gathered radiance of the rising moon, / with lotus eyes, trembling girdles, and waists bending under the weight of their breasts? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.30) - [Next: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.32) - [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.2.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.10.31) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.31) · Pramāṇa