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# Shatakatraya 3.100\_3

Śatakatraya 3.100\_3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.100\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.100_3)

aho vā hāre vā balavati ripau vā suhṛdi vā  
maṇau vā loṣṭhe vā kusuma-śayane vā dṛṣadi vā |  
tṛṇe vā straiṇe vā mama sama-dṛśo yānti divasāḥ  
kvacit puṇyāraṇye śiva śiva śiveti pralapataḥ ||

> Whether toward a serpent or a pearl garland, a powerful enemy or a friend,  
> a jewel or a clod of earth, a bed of flowers or a slab of stone,  
> a blade of grass or a woman: may my days pass with an even gaze,  
> repeating "Śiva, Śiva, Śiva" somewhere in a sacred forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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