[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) › 2.37 # Shatakatraya 2.37 Śatakatraya 2.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.37) saṃsāre svapna-sāre pariṇati-tarale dve gatī paṇḍitānāṃ tattva-jñānāmṛtāmbhaḥ-plava-lalita-dhiyāṃ yātu kālaḥ kathañcit | no cen mugdhāṅganānāṃ stana-jaghana-ghanābhoga-sambhoginīnāṃ sthūlopastha-sthalīṣu sthagita-karatala-sparśa-līlodyamānām || > In this cycle of worldly existence, whose essence is like a dream and whose outcome is fleeting, two paths lie before wise men: / either let their time pass somehow with intellects delighted by plunging into the nectar-waters of knowledge of reality; / or else in the company of lovely women relishing the full swell of breasts and hips, / playfully eager to touch with trembling palms the expansive slopes of their loins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.36) - [Next: 2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.38) - [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.2.37) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.6.17) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.10.37) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.37) · Pramāṇa