[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) › 3.23 # Shatakatraya 3.23 Śatakatraya 3.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.23) puṇye grāme vane vā mahati sita-paṭac-channa-pālī kapāliṃ hy ādāya nyāya-garbha-dvija-huta-huta-bhug dhūma-dhūmropakaṇṭhe | dvāraṃ dvāraṃ praviṣṭo varam udara-darī-pūraṇāya kṣudhārto mānī prāṇaiḥ sanātho na punar anudinaṃ tulya-kulyesu dīnaḥ || > In a sacred village or a great forest, taking a begging-bowl whose rim is covered with a white cloth, / in neighborhoods smoky with the oblations to the fire offered by righteous twice-born men, / it is better for a starving, proud man, sustained by his breath of life, / to enter door after door to fill the cave of his belly, but never to live wretchedly day after day among his peers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.22) - [Next: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.24) - [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.3.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.21) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.23) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.23) · Pramāṇa