[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) › 3.46 # Shatakatraya 3.46 Śatakatraya 3.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.46) nābhyastā prativādi-vṛnda-damanī vidyā vinītocitā khaḍgāgraiḥ kari-kumbha-pīṭha-dalanair nākaṃ na nītaṃ yaśaḥ | kāntākomala-pallavādhara-rasaḥ pīto na candrodaye tāruṇyaṃ gatam eva niṣphalam aho śūnyālaye dīpavat || > Learning suitable for the disciplined, which subdues throngs of opponents, was not studied; / fame was not raised to heaven by sword-tips cleaving the frontal lobes of elephants; / the nectar of a beloved's tender sprout-like lower lip was not drunk at moonrise: / youth has passed away entirely in vain, alas, like a lamp in an empty house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.45) - [Next: 3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.47) - [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.3.46) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.43) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.46) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.46) · Pramāṇa