[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) › 2.52 # Shatakatraya 2.52 Śatakatraya 2.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.52) apasara sakhe dūrād asmāt kaṭākṣa-viṣānalāt prakṛti-viṣamād yoṣit-sarpād vilāsa-phaṇābhṛtaḥ | itara-phaṇinā daṣṭaḥ śakyaś cikitsitum auṣadhaiścatur- vanitābhogi-grastaṃ hi mantriṇaḥ || > Keep away, friend, far from this woman-serpent, whose fiery poison is her sidelong glance, / cruel by nature, bearing a hood of playful charm! / A man bitten by another serpent can be cured with medicines by clever exorcists; / but for one seized by the woman-serpent, \[there are none\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.51) - [Next: 2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.53) - [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.2.52) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.84) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.11.52) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.52) · Pramāṇa