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# Shatakatraya 3.60

Śatakatraya 3.60

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.60)

sa jātaḥ ko 'py āsīn madana-ripuṇā mūrdhni dhavalaṃ  
kapālaṃ yasyoccair vinihitam alaṅkāra-vidhaye |  
nṛbhiḥ prāṇa-trāṇa-pravaṇa-matibhiḥ kaiścid adhunā  
namadbhiḥ kaḥ puṃsām ayam atula-darpa-jvara-bharaḥ ||

> He alone was someone truly born, whose white skull / was placed aloft by the foe of Madana upon his head as an ornament. / Now, among men bowed before by a few folk / whose minds are bent only on saving their lives, what is this burden of feverish, incomparable pride?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.60) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.38.137) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.60) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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