[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) › 3.36 # Shatakatraya 3.36 Śatakatraya 3.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.36) āyuḥ kallola-lolaṃ katipaya-divasa-sthāyinī yauvana-śrīr arthāḥ saṅkalpa-kalpā ghana-samaya-taḍid-vibhramā bhoga-pūgāḥ | kaṇṭhāśleṣopagūḍha tad api ca na ciraṃ yat priyābhaḥ praṇītaṃ brahmaṇy āsakta-cittā bhavata bhavamayāmbhodhi-pāraṃ tarītum || > Life is as restless as a wave; the splendor of youth lasts but a few days; / riches are as transient as fleeting thoughts; the multitudes of sensual pleasures are like the flashes of lightning in the rainy season; / even the close embrace around the neck bestowed by beloved women does not endure. / Therefore, fix your minds on Brahman to cross to the far shore of the ocean of worldly existence! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.35) - [Next: 3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.37) - [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.3.36) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.33) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.36) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.36) · Pramāṇa