[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) › 3.55 # Shatakatraya 3.55 Śatakatraya 3.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.55) aśnīmahi vayaṃ bhikṣām āśāvāso vasīmahi | śayīmahi mahī-pṛṣṭhe kurvīmahi kim īśvaraiḥ || > Let us eat alms, let us wear the quarters of the sky as our garment, / let us sleep upon the surface of the earth; what should we do with rulers? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.54) - [Next: 3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.56) - [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.3.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.55) · Pramāṇa