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# Shatakatraya 3.27

Śatakatraya 3.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.27)

phalaṃ svecchā-labhyaṃ prativanam akhedaṃ kṣitiruhāṃ  
payaḥ sthāne sthāne śiśira-madhuraṃ puṇya-saritām |  
mṛdu-sparśā śayyā sulalita-latā-pallava-mayī  
sahante santāpaṃ tad api dhanināṃ dvāri kṛpaṇāḥ ||

> Fruit of the trees can be had at will without distress in every forest; / in every place there is cool, sweet water from holy rivers; / a soft-touching bed made of tender leaves from graceful creepers— / yet wretched men still endure torment at the doors of the rich.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.27) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.25) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.27) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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