[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) › 3.29 # Shatakatraya 3.29 Śatakatraya 3.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.29) ye santoṣa-nirantara-pramuditas teṣāṃ na bhinnā mudo ye tv anye dhana-lubdha-saṅkala-dhiyas tesāṃ na tṛṣṇāhatā | itthaṃ kasya kṛte kutaḥ sa vidhinā kīdṛk-padaṃ sampadāṃ svātmany eva samāpta-hema-mahimā merur na me rocate || > Those who are constantly delighted with contentment do not have their joy broken; / as for others whose minds are entangled in greed for wealth, their craving is never destroyed. / Thus, for whose sake and whence did the Creator fashion Meru as a pinnacle of wealth, / whose glory of gold ends only in itself? It does not please me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.28) - [Next: 3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.30) - [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.3.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.29) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.29) · Pramāṇa