[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) › 3.42 # Shatakatraya 3.42 Śatakatraya 3.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.42) yatrānekaḥ kvacid api gṛhe tatra tiṣṭhaty athaiko yatrāpy ekas tad anu bahavas tatra naiko 'pi cānte | itthaṃ nayau rajani-divasau lolayan dvāv ivākṣau kālaḥ kalyo bhuvana-phalake kraḍati prāṇi-śāraiḥ || > Where there were many in a certain house, there only one now remains; / and where there was one, later there are many, and at the end not even one. / Tossing night and day in this manner like two dice, / skilled Time plays on the board of the world with living beings as his pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.41) - [Next: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.43) - [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.3.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.39) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.42) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.42) · Pramāṇa