[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) › 3.12 # Shatakatraya 3.12 Śatakatraya 3.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.12) avaśyaṃ yātāraś cirataram uṣitvāpi viṣayā viyoge ko bhedas tyajati na jano yat svayam amūn | vrajantaḥ svātantryād atula-paritāpāya manasaḥ svayaṃ tyaktā hy ete śama-sukham anantaṃ vidadhati || > Sense objects must inevitably depart, even after staying for a very long time; > what difference is there in separation, that man does not abandon them himself? > When they depart on their own, they cause incomparable agony to the mind; > but when given up voluntarily, they produce endless bliss of tranquility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.11) - [Next: 3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.13) - [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.3.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Jainistic recension (Kṣemaṅkara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*jainistic.16.3) — Kṣemaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.38.21) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.12) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.14.12) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.12) · Pramāṇa