[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) › 2.78 # Shatakatraya 2.78 Śatakatraya 2.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.78) kṛśaḥ kāṇaḥ khañjaḥ śravaṇa-rahitaḥ puccha-vikalo vraṇī pūya-klinnaḥ kṛmi-kula-śatair āvṛta-tanuḥ | kṣudhā kṣāmo jīrṇaḥ piṭharaka-kapālārpita-galaḥ śunīm anveti śvā hatam api ca hanty eva madanaḥ || > Emaciated, one-eyed, lame, earless, tailless, > covered with sores, dripping with pus, his body swarming with hundreds of worms, > gaunt with hunger, worn out, an earthenware pot-shard fastened to his neck— > a dog still follows a bitch: Madana strikes even him who is already struck down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.77) - [Next: 2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.79) - [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.2.78) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.12.78) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.78) · Pramāṇa