[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) › 3.45 # Shatakatraya 3.45 Śatakatraya 3.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.45) na dhyānaṃ padam īśvarasya vidhivat saṃsāra-vicchittaye svarga-dvāra-kapāṭa-pāṭana-paṭur dharmo 'pi nopārjitaḥ | nārī-pīna-payodharoru-yugalaṃ svapne 'pi nāliṅgitaṃ mātuḥ kevalam eva yauvana-vana-cchede kuṭhārā vayam || > The abode of the Lord was not duly meditated upon to cut through the cycle of worldly existence, / nor was righteousness earned, capable of breaking open the doors to heaven; / the pair of plump breasts and thighs of a woman was not embraced even in a dream: / we were merely axes for cutting down the forest of our mother's youth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.44) - [Next: 3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.46) - [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.3.45) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Vṛddhacāṇakya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.canakyaniti*vrddha.16-1) — Sanskrit - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.172.3) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.42) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.45) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.45) · Pramāṇa