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# Shatakatraya 3.26

Śatakatraya 3.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.26)

puṇyair mūla-phalais tathā praṇayinīṃ vṛttiṃ kuruṣvādhunā  
bhū-śayyāṃ nava-pallavair akṛpaṇair uttiṣṭha yāvo vanam |  
kṣudrāṇām aviveka-mūḍha-manasāṃ yatreśvarāṇāṃ sadā  
vitta-vyādhi-vikāra-vihvala-girāṃ nāmāpi na śrūyate ||

> Live now a pleasant life on holy roots and fruits; / a bed on the ground with generous fresh shoots—arise, let us go to the forest, / where not even the name is ever heard of petty men, their minds blinded by lack of discernment, / wealthy lords whose speech is always agitated by the disease of wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.26) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.24) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.26) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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