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# Shatakatraya 2.76

Śatakatraya 2.76

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.76)

tāvan mahattvaṃ pāṇḍityaṃ  
kulīnatvaṃ vivekitā |  
yāvaj jvalati nāṅgeṣu  
hataḥ pañceṣu-pāvakaḥ ||

> Greatness, scholarship, noble birth,  
> and discernment endure only so long  
> as the accursed fire of the five-arrowed god  
> does not blaze within one's limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.76) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.12.76) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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