Shatakatraya 3.19
Śatakatraya 3.19
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- Sanskrit
3.19
tṛṣā śuṣyaty āsye pibati salilaṃ śīta-madhuraṃ
kṣudhārtaḥ śālyannaṃ kavalayati māṃsādi-kalitam |
pradīpte kāmāgnau sudṛḍhataram āliṅgati vadhūṃ
pratīkāraṃ vyādhaḥ sukham iti viparyasyati janaḥ ||
When the mouth is parched with thirst, one drinks cool, sweet water; / suffering from hunger, one gulps down boiled rice mixed with meat and other foods; / when the fire of desire blazes up, one clasps one's wife most tightly. / People perversely take the remedy for an ailment to be happiness.
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- Śārṅgadharapaddhati — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit
- Bhartṛhariśataka — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit