[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) › 3.71 # Shatakatraya 3.71 Śatakatraya 3.71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.71) kiṃ vedaiḥ smṛtibhiḥ purāṇa-paṭhanaiḥ śāstrair mahā-vistaraiḥ svarga-grāma-kuṭī-nivāsa-phaladaiḥ karma-kriyā-vibhramaiḥ | muktvaikaṃ bhava-duḥkha-bhāra-racanā-vidhvaṃsa-kālānalaṃ svātmānanda-pada-praveśa-kalanaṃ śesair vāṇig-vṛttibhiḥ || nāyaṃ te samayo rahasyam adhunā nidrāti nātho yadi sthitvā drakṣyati kupyati prabhur iti dvāreṣu yeṣāṃ vacaḥ | cetas tān apahāya yāhi bhavanaṃ devasya viśveśitur nirdauvārika-nirdayokty-aparuṣaṃ niḥsoma-śarma-pradam || > What use are the Vedas, the smṛtis, the readings of the Purāṇas, or extensive treatises, / and the illusions of ritual acts that yield dwelling in a hut in the village of heaven? / Leaving aside that which alone is the cosmic fire destroying the mass of worldly suffering— / the entering into the state of the Self's own bliss—all the rest is mere petty trade! // 'This is not your time; it is private now; the master is sleeping; if you remain, / he will look and get angry'—such words are spoken at their doors; / O mind, leaving them behind, go to the abode of the Lord of the universe, / free from harshness and cruel words of doorkeepers, bestowing boundless peace! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.70) - [Next: 3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.72) - [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.3.71) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.69) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.16.71) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.71) · Pramāṇa