[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) › 3.40 # Shatakatraya 3.40 Śatakatraya 3.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.40) brahmendrādi-marud-gaṇāṃs tṛṇa-kaṇān yatra sthito manyate yat-svādād virasā bhavanti vibhavās trailokya-rājyādayaḥ | bhogaḥ ko 'pi sa eva eka paramo nityodito jṛmbhate bhoḥ sādho kṣaṇa-bhaṅgure tad itare bhoge ratiṃ mā kṛthāḥ || > Stationed where one regards the hosts of gods, Brahmā, Indra, and the rest, as specks of grass, / through the taste of which the splendors of sovereignty over the three worlds and the like lose their flavor— / that is a certain sensual pleasure, supreme, single, and ever-risen, which unfolds; / O virtuous person, do not take delight in any other sensual pleasure that is fleeting in an instant! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.39) - [Next: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.41) - [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.3.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.37) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.40) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.40) · Pramāṇa