[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) › 3.10 # Shatakatraya 3.10 Śatakatraya 3.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.10) āśā nāma nadī manoratha-jalā tṛṣṇā-taraṅgākulā rāga-grāhavatī vitarka-vihagā dhairya-druma-dhvaṃsinī | mohāvarta-sudustarātigahanā prottuṅga-cintā-taṭī tasyāḥ para-gatā viśuddham alaso nandanti yogīśvarāḥ || > Hope is a river whose waters are fantasies, churned with waves of craving, > infested with the crocodiles of passion, with doubt as its birds, uprooting the tree of fortitude; > impassable and exceedingly deep with whirlpools of delusion, having towering banks of anxiety: > having reached its opposite shore, masters among yogins rejoice, purely free from toil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.9) - [Next: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.11) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.169.15) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.16) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.13.10) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.10) · Pramāṇa