[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) › 2.81 # Shatakatraya 2.81 Śatakatraya 2.81 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.81) parimala-bhṛto vātāḥ śākhā navāṅkura-koṭayo madhura-vidhurotkaṇṭhā-bhājaḥ priyā pika-pakṣiṇām | virala-virasa-svedodgārā vadhū-vadanendavaḥ prasarati madhau dhātryāṃ jāto na kasya guṇodayaḥ || > The winds carry perfumes, branches bear points of fresh shoots, > the mates of cuckoo birds are possessed by sweet, aching longing, > and the moon-faces of young brides break into a sparse, bitter perspiration; > when spring advances over the earth, whose qualities do not rise to bloom? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.80) - [Next: 2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.82) - [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.2.81) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.12.81) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.81) · Pramāṇa