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# Shatakatraya 2.32

Śatakatraya 2.32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.32)

siddhādhyāsita-kandare hara-vṛṣa-skandhāvarugṇa-drume  
gaṅgā-dhauta-śilā-tale himavataḥ sthāne sthite śreyasi |  
kaḥ kurvīta śiraḥ praṇāma-malinaṃ mlānaṃ manasvī jano  
yad-vitrasta-kuraṅga-śāva-nayanā na syuḥ smarāstraṃ striyaḥ ||

> While the auspicious abode of the Himalayas stands, its caves inhabited by Siddhas, / its trees broken by the shoulders of Śiva's bull, its rock surfaces washed by the Gaṅgā, / what high-minded man would bow his head, making it dirty and dejected, / if women, with eyes like frightened fawns, were not the weapons of Smara?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.32) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.10.32) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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