[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) › 3.19 # Shatakatraya 3.19 Śatakatraya 3.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.18) - [Next: 3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.20) - [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.3.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.171.11) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.14.19) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.19) · Pramāṇa