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# Shatakatraya 3.2

Śatakatraya 3.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.2)

bhrāntaṃ deśam aneka-durga-viṣamaṃ prāptaṃ na kiñcit phalaṃ  
tyaktvā jāti-kulābhimānam ucitaṃ sevā kṛtā niṣphalā |  
bhuktaṃ māna-vivarjitaṃ para-gṛheṣv āśaṅkayā kākavat  
tṛṣṇe jṛmbhasi pāpa-karma-piśune nādyāpi santuṣyasi ||

> I have roamed through lands rough with many an impassable fortress, and gained no fruit;  
> abandoning fitting pride of birth and family, I have rendered fruitless service;  
> cast out of self-respect, I have fed in others' houses in anxious fear, like a crow;  
> and yet, O craving, harbinger of wicked deeds, you swell! Even now you are not satisfied!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.38.16) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.4) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.13.2-2) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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