[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) › 3.58 # Shatakatraya 3.58 Śatakatraya 3.58 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.58) abhuktāyāṃ yasyāṃ kṣaṇam api na yātaṃ nṛpa-śatair dhuvas tasyā lābhe ka iva bahumānaḥ kṣiti-bhṛtām | tad-aṃśasyāpy aṃśe tad-avaya-leśe 'pi patayo viṣāde kartavye vidadhati jaḍāḥ pratyuta mudam || > Over this earth, which has not been unenjoyed by hundreds of kings even for a moment, / what great pride can there possibly be for kings upon gaining it? / Fools, being rulers over a fraction of its fraction, a mere particle of its portion, / actually feel delight when they ought to feel sorrow! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.57) - [Next: 3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.59) - [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.3.58) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Subhāṣitāvali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.533) — Vallabhadeva (anthologist), Sanskrit - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.38.135) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.58) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.58) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.58) · Pramāṇa