[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) › 3.73 # Shatakatraya 3.73 Śatakatraya 3.73 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.73) gātraṃ saṅkucitaṃ gatir vigalitā bhraṣṭā ca dantāvalir dṛṣṭir nakṣyati vardhate vadhiratā vaktraṃ ca lālāyate | vākyaṃ nādriyate ca bāndhava-jano bhāryā na śuśrūṣate hā kaṣṭaṃ puruṣasya jīrṇa-vayasaḥ putro 'py amitrāyate || > The body is stooped, the gait has faltered, the row of teeth has fallen out, / eyesight is failing, deafness increases, and saliva trickles from the mouth; / kinfolk heed not one's word, one's wife offers no care, / and alas, for a man advanced in age, even his son acts like an enemy! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.72) - [Next: 3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.74) - [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.3.73) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.70) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.16.73) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.73) · Pramāṇa