[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) › 3.22 # Shatakatraya 3.22 Śatakatraya 3.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.22) abhimata-mahāmāna-granthi-prabheda-paṭīyasī gurutara-guṇa-grāmābhoja-sphuṭojjvala-candrikā | vipula-vilal-lajjā-vallī-vitāna-kuṭhārikā jaṭhara-piṭharī duspureyaṃ karoti viḍambanam || > Skilled at sundering the cherished knot of great self-respect, / brilliant moonlight that expands the lotus-cluster of immense virtues, / an axe to the sprawling thicket of the creeper of flourishing shame— / this wretched, insatiable belly brings about humiliation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.21) - [Next: 3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.23) - [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.3.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.20) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.22) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.22) · Pramāṇa