[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) › 3.21 # Shatakatraya 3.21 Śatakatraya 3.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.21) dīnā dīna-mukhaiḥ sadaiva śiśukairākṛṣṭa-jīrṇāmbarā krośadbhiḥ kṣudhitair niranna-vidhurā dṛśyā na ced gehinī | yācñā-bhaṅga-bhayena gadgada-gala-truṭyad-vilīnākṣaraṃ ko dehīti vadet sva-dagdha-jaṭharasyārthe manasvī pumān || > If one's wretched wife were not to be seen, distressed without food, / her worn garment tugged continually by pitiable, hungry, crying children / with forlorn faces, / what high-minded man would say 'Give!' for the sake of his own wretched belly, / with faltering throat and choked, dying syllables out of fear that his begging would be refused? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.20) - [Next: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.22) - [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.3.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.19) — Sanskrit - [Tantrākhyāyika (Kashmirian recension) (ed. Johannes Hertel)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*tantrakhyayika*hertel1915.2.76) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.21) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.21) · Pramāṇa