[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) › 3.57 # Shatakatraya 3.57 Śatakatraya 3.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.57) vipula-hṛdayair īśair etaj jagaj janitaṃ purā vidhṛtam aparair dattaṃ cānyair vijitya tṛṇaṃ yathā | iha hi bhuvanāny anyair dhīrāś caturdaśa bhuñjate katipaya-pura-svāmye puṃsāṃ ka eṣa mada-jvaraḥ || > This world was created in the past by broad-minded rulers, / maintained by others, and given away by still others, conquering it like a straw; / indeed, other steadfast men here enjoy fourteen worlds: / what is this fever of pride in men over the lordship of a few cities? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.56) - [Next: 3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.58) - [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.3.57) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Subhāṣitāvali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.532) — Vallabhadeva (anthologist), Sanskrit - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.38.134) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.57) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.57) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit - [Śāntiśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya.santisataka.10.41) — Śilhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.57) · Pramāṇa