<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.6 -->

[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) › 3.6

# Shatakatraya 3.6

Śatakatraya 3.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.6)

kṣāntaṃ na kṣamayā gṛhocita-sukhaṃ tyaktaṃ na santoṣataḥ  
soḍho duḥsaha-śīta-tāpa-pavana-kleśo na taptaṃ tapaḥ |  
dhyātaṃ vittam ahar-niśaṃ nityamita-prāṇair na śambhoḥ padaṃ  
tat-tat-karma kṛtaṃ yad eva munibhis tais taiḥ phalair vañcitāḥ ||

> Wrongs were borne, but not through patience; the pleasure fitting for home was abandoned, but not out of contentment;  
> the affliction of unbearable cold, heat, and wind was endured, but ascetic austerity was not performed;  
> wealth was meditated upon day and night with restrained breaths, but not the feet of Śambhu:  
> we performed the very deeds that sages perform, yet were cheated of their fruits!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.5)
- [Next: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.7)
- [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.3.6) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.13.6) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.6) · Pramāṇa
