[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) › 2.74 # Shatakatraya 2.74 Śatakatraya 2.74 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.74) san-mārge tāvad āste prabhavati ca naras tāvad evendriyāṇāṃ lajjāṃ tāvad vidhatte vinayam api samālambate tāvad eva | bhrū-cāpākṛṣṭa-muktāḥ śravaṇa-patha-gatā nīla-pakṣmāṇa ete yāval līlāvatīnāṃ hṛdi na dhṛtimuṣo dṛṣṭi-bāṇāḥ patanti || > A man remains on the good path, he has mastery over his senses, / he displays shame, and he maintains humility— / only until these glance-arrows of playful women, released from the bow of the eyebrows, / reaching as far as the ear and tipped with black lashes, do not fall upon his heart, stealing his steadfastness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.73) - [Next: 2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.75) - [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.2.74) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.12.74) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.74) · Pramāṇa