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# Shatakatraya 3.100

Śatakatraya 3.100

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.100)

mātar medini tāta māruti sakhe tejaḥ subandho jala  
bhrātar vyoma nibaddha eṣa bhavatām antyaḥ praṇāmāñjaliḥ |  
yuṣmat-saṅga-vaśopajāta-sukṛta-sphāra-sphuran-nirmalajñānāpāsta-  
samasta-moha-mahimā līne para-brahmaṇi ||  
śayyā śaila-śilā-gṛhaṃ giri-guhā vastraṃ taruṇāṃ tvacaḥ  
sāraṅgāḥ suhṛdo nanu kṣiti-ruhāṃ vṛttiḥ phalaiḥ komalaiḥ |  
yesāṃ nirjharam ambu-pānam ucitaṃ ratyai tu vidyāṅganā  
manye te parameśvarāḥ śirasi yari baddho na sevāñjaliḥ ||

> Mother Earth, Father Wind, Friend Fire, Good Kin Water,  
> Brother Space: to you this final salutation with folded hands is offered!  
> Through the boundless, shining, pure knowledge born of merit produced by association with you,  
> the power of all delusion is cast aside, and I dissolve into the Supreme Brahman.  
> Whose bed is a stone rock, home a mountain cave, clothing the bark of trees,  
> deer their companions, sustenance the tender fruits of trees,  
> whose customary drink is waterfall water, and whose woman for delight is learning—  
> them I consider supreme lords, if their hands are never folded in servitude at the head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.100) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.42.28) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.18.100) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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