[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) › 3.38 # Shatakatraya 3.38 Śatakatraya 3.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.38) vyāghrīva tiṣṭhati jarā paritarjayantī rogāś ca śatrava iva praharanti deham | āyuḥ parisravanti bhinna-ghaṭā-divāmbho lokas tathāpy ahitam ācaratīti citram || > Old age stands threatening like a tigress; / diseases strike the body like enemies; / life drains away like water from a broken jar; / and yet people act against their own true interest—how strange! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.37) - [Next: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.39) - [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.3.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.35) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.38) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.38) · Pramāṇa