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# Shatakatraya 2.97

Śatakatraya 2.97

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.97)

hemante dadhi-dugdha-sarpir aśanā māñjiṣṭha-vāso-bhṛtaḥ  
kāśmīra-drava-sāndra-digdha-vapuṣaś chinnā vicitrai rataiḥ |  
vṛttoru-stana-kāminojana-kṛtāśleṣā gṛhābhyantare  
tāmbūlī-dala-pūga-pūrita-mukhā dhanyāḥ sukhaṃ śerate ||

> In winter, eating curd, milk, and clarified butter, wearing garments dyed with madder,  
> their bodies richly anointed with saffron ointment, exhausted by diverse acts of lovemaking,  
> embraced within their homes by amorous women with rounded thighs and breasts,  
> their mouths filled with betel leaves and areca nuts, fortunate men sleep in ease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.97) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.8.1201) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.12.97) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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