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# Shatakatraya 3.48

Śatakatraya 3.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.48)

vayaṃ yebhyo jātāś cira-parigatā eva khalu te  
samaṃ yaiḥ saṃvṛddhāḥ smṛti-viṣayatāṃ te 'pi gamitāḥ |  
idānīm ete smaḥ pratidivasam āsanna-patanā  
gatās tulyāvasthāṃ sikatilanadī-tīra-tarubhiḥ ||

> Those from whom we were born have indeed long departed; / those with whom we grew up have also been consigned to the realm of memory; / now we, facing an imminent fall every day, / have reached an identical state with trees on the sandy bank of a river.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.48) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.45) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.48) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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