[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) › 3.25 # Shatakatraya 3.25 Śatakatraya 3.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.25) kiṃ kandāḥ kandarebhyaḥ pralayam upagatā nirjharā vā giribhyaḥ pradhvastā vā tarubhyaḥ sarasa-gala-bhṛto valkalinyaś ca śākhāḥ | vīkṣyante yan mukhāni prasabham apagata-praśrayāṇāṃ khalānāṃ duḥkhāpta-svalpa-vitta-smaya-pavana-vaśānartita-bhrū-latāni || > Have roots vanished from the mountain caves, or waterfalls from the peaks? / Have the branches of trees, shedding sweet fluid and clad in bark, been destroyed, / that one looks upon the faces of wicked men utterly stripped of modesty, / their creeper-like brows dancing under the wind of pride from a little wealth acquired with pain? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.24) - [Next: 3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.26) - [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.3.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.20) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.25) · Pramāṇa