[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) › 2.62 # Shatakatraya 2.62 Śatakatraya 2.62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.62) bāle līlā-mukulitam amī mantharā dṛṣṭi-pātāḥ kiṃ kṣipyante virama-virama vyartha eṣa śramas te | sampraty anye vayam uparataṃ bālyam āsthā vanānte kṣīṇo mohas tṛṇam iva jagaj-jālam ālokayāmaḥ || > O maiden, why are these sluggish glances, playfully half-closed, / cast at me? Desist, desist! This labor of yours is useless. / Now we are different: childhood has ceased; our longing is in the forest's edge; / delusion has faded; and we look upon the whole web of the world like a blade of grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.61) - [Next: 2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.63) - [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.2.62) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.64-2) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.12.62) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.62) · Pramāṇa