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# Shatakatraya 3.14

Śatakatraya 3.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.14)

dhanyānāṃ giri-kandareṣu vasatāṃ jyotiḥ paraṃ dhyāyatāmānandāśru-  
jalaṃ pibanti śakunā niḥśaṅkam aṅkeśayāḥ |  
asmākaṃ tu manorathoparacita-prāsāda-vāpī-taṭakrīḍā-  
kānana-keli-kautuka-juṣām āyuḥ paraṃ kṣīyate ||

> Blessed are those dwelling in mountain caves, meditating on the Supreme Light,  
> whose tears of joy birds drink without fear, resting in their laps;  
> while our life merely wastes away as we take pleasure in the amusement of frolicking  
> in pleasure-gardens, ponds, and palaces fashioned by mere fantasies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.14) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.6.611) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.14) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.14.14) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit
- [Śāntiśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya.santisataka.9.4) — Śilhaṇa, Sanskrit

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