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# Shatakatraya 3.54

Śatakatraya 3.54

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.54)

phalam alam aśanāya svādu pānāya toyaṃ  
kṣitir api śayanārthaṃ vāsase valkalaṃ ca |  
nava-ghana-madhupāna-bhrānta-sarvendriyāṇāmavinayam  
anumantuṃ notsahe durjanānām ||

> Fruit is enough for food, sweet water for drinking, / the ground too for sleeping, and bark garments for clothing; / I cannot bring myself to approve the insolence of wicked persons / whose senses are all bewildered by drinking the intoxicating honey of fresh wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.54) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.54) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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