[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) › 3.32 # Shatakatraya 3.32 Śatakatraya 3.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.32) ākrāntaṃ maraṇena janma jarasā cātyujjvalaṃ yauvanaṃ santoṣo dhana-lipsayā śama-mukhaṃ prauḍhāṅganā-vibhramaiḥ | lokair matsaribhir guṇā vana-bhuvo vyālair nṛpā durjanair asthairyeṇa vibhūtayo 'py apahatā grastaṃ na kiṃ kena vā || > Birth is overtaken by death, and radiant youth by old age; / contentment by the desire for wealth; the peace of serenity by the seductive charms of mature women; / virtues by envious people; forest tracts by beasts of prey; kings by wicked persons; / and even fortunes are destroyed by instability. What, indeed, has not been devoured by something? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.31) - [Next: 3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.33) - [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.3.32) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.26-2) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.32) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.32) · Pramāṇa