[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) › 3.20 # Shatakatraya 3.20 Śatakatraya 3.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.20) tuṅgaṃ veśma sutāḥ satām abhimatāḥ saṅkhyātigāḥ sampadaḥ kalyāṇī dayitā vayaś ca navam ity ajñāna-mūḍho janaḥ | matvā viśvam anaśvaraṃ niviśate saṃsāra-kārā-gṛhe saṃdṛśya kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraṃ tad akhilaṃ dhanyas tu sannyasyati || > A towering mansion, sons esteemed by the virtuous, vast wealth beyond measure, / an auspicious beloved, and fresh youth—so thinking, / people, blinded by ignorance, regard the world as imperishable and enter the prison-house of the cycle of worldly existence; / but the fortunate person, seeing all of it to be frail and fleeting, renounces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.21) - [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.3.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.18) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.14.20) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.20) · Pramāṇa