[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) › 2.35 # Shatakatraya 2.35 Śatakatraya 2.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.35) asārāḥ sarve te virati-virasāḥ pāpa-viṣayā jugupsyantāṃ yad vā nanu sakala-doṣāspadam iti | tathāpy etad-bhūmau nahi para-hitāt puṇyam adhikaṃ na cāsmin saṃsāre kuvalaya-dṛśo ramyam aparam || etat-kāma-phalo loke yad dvayor eka-cittatā | anya-citta-kṛte kāme śavayor iva saṅgamaḥ || > All sense objects are insubstantial, distasteful in their end, and sinful; / or let them be abhorred, knowing they are indeed the seat of all faults; / yet upon this earth there is no merit greater than the welfare of others, / and in this cycle of worldly existence there is nothing more delightful than a blue-lotus-eyed woman. / The fruit of desire in this world is that the two become of one mind; / when love is made with divided minds, it is like the union of two corpses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.34) - [Next: 2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.36) - [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.2.35) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Jainistic recension (Kṣemaṅkara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*jainistic.6.6) — Kṣemaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.10.35) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.35) · Pramāṇa