[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) › 2.55 # Shatakatraya 2.55 Śatakatraya 2.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.55) vyādīrgheṇa calena vaktra-gatinā tejasvinā bhoginā nīlābja-dyutināhinā param ahaṃ dṛṣṭo na tac-cakṣuṣā | dṛṣṭe santi cikitsakā diśi diśi prāyeṇa darmārthino mugdhākṣkṣaṇa-vīkṣitasya na hi me vaidyo na cāpy auṣadham || > By a very long, trembling, curving, radiant, hooded serpent / possessing the luster of a blue lotus, I was bitten, not merely looked upon by her eye! / When bitten \[by a snake\], there are physicians everywhere, generally seeking money and duty; / but for me, struck by the glance of a lovely-eyed woman, there is neither doctor nor medicine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.54) - [Next: 2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.56) - [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.2.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.87) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.11.55) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.55) · Pramāṇa