[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) › 3.35 # Shatakatraya 3.35 Śatakatraya 3.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.35) bhogā megha-vitāna-madhya-vilasat-saudāminī-cañcalā āyur vāyu-vighaṭṭitābja-paṭalī-līnāmbuvad bhaṅguram | līlā yauvana-lālasās tanubhṛtām ity ākalayya drutaṃ yoge dhairya-samādhi-siddhi-sulabhe buddhiṃ vidadhvaṃ budhāḥ || > Sensual pleasures are as flicker-brief as lightning flashing amid a bank of clouds; / life is transient like water resting on a lotus leaf shaken by the wind; / the sports of youth and their yearnings are fleeting for embodied beings. Realizing this at once, / wise men, fix your mind on yoga, which easily yields the attainment of fortitude and deep absorption! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.34) - [Next: 3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.36) - [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.3.35) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.32) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.35) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.35) · Pramāṇa