[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) › 3.5 # Shatakatraya 3.5 Śatakatraya 3.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.5) amīṣāṃ prāṇānāṃ tulita-visinī-patra-payasāṃ kṛte kiṃ nāsmābhir vigalita-vivekair vyavasitam | yad-āḍhyānām agre draviṇa-mada-niḥsaṃjña-manasāṃ kṛtaṃ māva-vrīḍair nija-guṇa-kathā-pātakam api || > For the sake of these vital breaths, unstable as drops of water on a lotus leaf, > what was not undertaken by us whose discernment had departed? > For before the rich, whose minds are senseless with the intoxication of wealth, > we even committed the shameless crime of recounting our own virtues! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.6) - [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.3.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.7) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.13.5) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.5) · Pramāṇa