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# Shatakatraya 3.24

Śatakatraya 3.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.24)

gaṅgā-taraṅga-kaṇa-śīkara-śītalāni  
vidyādharādhyuṣita-cāru-śilā-talāni |  
sthānāni kiṃ himavataḥ pralayaṃ gatāni  
yat sāvamāna-para-piṇḍa-ratā manuṣyāḥ ||

> Have the regions of the Himalayas, cool with the fine spray of Gaṅgā's waves, / with their lovely stone terraces frequented by Vidyādharas, / gone to dissolution, / that men take delight in humiliating morsels given by others?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.24) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.22) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.24) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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