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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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