[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) › 3.18 # Shatakatraya 3.18 Śatakatraya 3.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.18) ajānan dāhātmyaṃ patatu śalabhas tīvra-dahane sa mīno 'py ajñānād baḍiśa-yutam aśnātu piśitam | vijānanto 'py ete vayam iha viyaj jāla-jaṭilān na muñcāmaḥ kānām ahaha gahano moha-mahimā || > Not knowing its burning power, let the moth fall into the blazing fire; > out of ignorance, let the fish swallow the meat caught on the hook; > but we, though knowing full well, do not cast off these sense desires tangled in a web of perils— > alas, how inscrutable is the power of delusion! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.17) - [Next: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.19) - [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.3.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.14.18) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit - [Śāntiśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya.santisataka.9.7) — Śilhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.18) · Pramāṇa