[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) › 2.58 # Shatakatraya 2.58 Śatakatraya 2.58 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.58) jāty-andhāya ca durmukhāya ca jarājīrṇā khilāṅgāya ca grāmīṇāya ca duṣkulāya ca galat-kuṣṭhābhibhūtāya ca | yacchantīṣu manoharaṃ nija-vapu-lakṣmī-lava-śraddhayā paṇya-strīṣu viveka-kalpa-latikāśa-strīṣu rājyeta kaḥ || > Who would take pleasure in courtesans—axes to the wish-granting vine of discernment— / who offer their enchanting bodies for a mere fraction of wealth / to the blind from birth, to the foul-mouthed, to the decrepit whose whole body is worn out with age, / to the rustic, to the low-born, and to the one overcome with dripping leprosy? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.57) - [Next: 2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.59) - [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.2.58) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.60-2) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.11.58) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.58) · Pramāṇa