[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) › 3.28 # Shatakatraya 3.28 Śatakatraya 3.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.28) ye vartante dhana-pati-puraḥ prārthanā-duḥkha-bhājo ye cālpatvaṃ dadhati viṣayākṣepa-paryāpta-buddheḥ | teṣām antaḥ-sphurita-hasitaṃ vāsarāṇi smareyaṃ dhyāna-cchede śikhari-kuhara-grāva-śayyā-niṣaṇṇaḥ || > Seated on a bed of rock in a mountain cave when my meditation breaks, / may I recall with an inner, flashing smile the days of those / who stand before wealthy lords sharing the pain of begging, / and of those who embrace pettiness because their minds are satisfied with sense objects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.27) - [Next: 3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.29) - [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.3.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.26) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.28) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.28) · Pramāṇa