[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) › 2.56 # Shatakatraya 2.56 Śatakatraya 2.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.56) iha hi madhura-gītaṃ nṛtyam etad-raso 'yaṃ sphurati parimalo 'sau sparśa eṣa stanānām | iti hata-paramārthair indriyair bhrāmyamāṇaḥ sva-hita-karaṇa-dhūrtaiḥ pañcabhir vañcito 'smi || > "Here is sweet song; this is dance; here is aesthetic relish; / here shines fragrance; this is the touch of breasts": / thus led astray by the senses that have destroyed the highest truth, / rogue-like when procuring their own interests, I have been deceived by the five \[senses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.55) - [Next: 2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.57) - [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.2.56) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.88) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.11.56) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit - [Ātmānuśāsana (ed. A. N. Upadhye)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.moral.atmanusasana*upadhye.1.56) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.56) · Pramāṇa