[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) › 3.53 # Shatakatraya 3.53 Śatakatraya 3.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.53) vayam iha parituṣṭā valkalais tvaṃ dukūlaiḥ sama iha paritoṣo nirviśeṣo viśeṣaḥ | sa tu bhavatu daridro yasya tṛṣṇā viśālā manasi ca parituṣṭe ko 'rthavān ko daridraḥ || > We here are satisfied with bark garments, and you with fine silk; / our satisfaction here is equal, the distinction makes no difference. / But let him be poor whose craving is vast; / when the mind is satisfied, who is wealthy and who is poor? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.52) - [Next: 3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.54) - [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.3.53) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.53) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.53) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.53) · Pramāṇa