[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) › 3.72 # Shatakatraya 3.72 Śatakatraya 3.72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.72) yato meruḥ śrīmān nipatati yugāntāgni-valitaḥ samudrāḥ śuṣyanti pracura-makara-grāha-nilayāḥ | dharā gacchaty antaṃ dharaṇi-dhara-pādair api dhṛtā śarīre kā vārtā karikalabha-karṇāgra-capale || > Since even glorious Mount Meru falls, engulfed by the fires at the end of an eon, / and oceans dry up, though home to multitudes of makaras and sea-monsters, / and the earth goes to ruin, even held by the feet of mountains, / what can be said of the body, unsteady as the tip of a young elephant's ear? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.71) - [Next: 3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.73) - [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.3.72) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.16.72) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.72) · Pramāṇa