[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) › 3.49 # Shatakatraya 3.49 Śatakatraya 3.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.49) āyur varṣa-śataṃ nṝṇāṃ parimitaṃ rātrau tad-ardhaṃ gataṃ tasyārdhasya parasya cārdham aparaṃ bālatva-vṛddhatvayoḥ | śeṣaṃ vyādhi-viyoga-duḥkha-sahitaṃ sevādibhir nīyate jīve vārita-raṅga-cañcalatare saukhyaṃ kutaḥ prāṇinām || > The lifespan allotted to men is one hundred years; half of that is spent in the night; / of the remaining half, another half is spent in childhood and old age; / the rest, accompanied by disease, bereavement, and sorrow, is passed in servitude and the like. / When life is more unsteady than a ripple of water, how can there be happiness for living beings? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.48) - [Next: 3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.50) - [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.3.49) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.38.122) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.46) — Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.8.28) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.49) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.49) · Pramāṇa