[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) › 2.46 # Shatakatraya 2.46 Śatakatraya 2.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.46) no satyena mṛgāṅka eṣa vadanī-bhūto na cendīvaradvandvaṃ locanatāṃ gata na kanakair apy aṅga-yaṣṭiḥ kṛtā | kintv evaṃ kavibhiḥ pratārita-manās tattvaṃ vijānann api tvaṅ-māṃsāsthi-mayaṃ vapur mṛga-dṛśāṃ mando janaḥ sevate || > In truth, this face has not become the deer-marked moon, nor has a pair of blue lotuses / turned into eyes, nor is the slender body fashioned of gold; / yet, his mind deceived by poets in this way, even while knowing the reality, / the foolish man attends upon the fawn-eyed women's body of skin, flesh, and bones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.45) - [Next: 2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.47) - [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.2.46) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.78) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.11.46) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.46) · Pramāṇa