[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) › 3.17 # Shatakatraya 3.17 Śatakatraya 3.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.17) eko rāgiṣu rājate priyatamā-dehārdha-hārī haro nīrāgeṣu jano vimukta-lalanāsaṅgo na yasmāt paraḥ | durvāra-smara-bāṇa-pannaga-viṣa-vyābiddha-mugdho janaḥ śeṣaḥ kāma-viḍambitān na viṣayān bhoktuṃ na moktuṃ kṣamaḥ || > Alone among the impassioned shines Hara, who took half of his beloved's body; > among the dispassionate, there is none greater than he who has renounced attachment to women; > the rest of humanity, bewildered by the poison of the snake of irresistible Smara's arrow, > mocked by desire, are neither able to enjoy sense objects nor to renounce them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.16) - [Next: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.18) - [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.3.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.14.17) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.17) · Pramāṇa