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# Shatakatraya 3.65

Śatakatraya 3.65

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.65)

cetaś cintaya mā ramāṃ sakṛd imām asthāyinīm āsthayā  
bhūpāla-bhrukuṭī-kuṭī-viharaṇa-vyāpāra-paṇyāṅganām |  
kanthā-kañcukinaḥ praviśya bhavana-dvārāṇi vārāṇasīrathyā-  
paṅktiṣu pāṇi-pātra-patitāṃ bhikṣām apekṣāmahe ||

> O mind, do not dwell even once with yearning on this transient fortune, / a courtesan whose trade is strolling in the cottage of a king's furrowed brow. / Clad in ragged cloaks, having entered house doorways, / let us await alms fallen into our hand-bowls in the street rows of Vārāṇasī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.65) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.38.140) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.63) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.15.65) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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