[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) › 3.76 # Shatakatraya 3.76 Śatakatraya 3.76 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.76) tapasyantaḥ santaḥ kim adhinivasāmaḥ sura-nadīṃ guṇodārān dārān uta paricarāmaḥ savinayam | pibāmaḥ śāstraughānuta-vividha-kāvyāmṛta-rasān na vidmaḥ kiṃ kurmaḥ katipaya-nimeṣāyuṣi jane || > Shall we dwell along the river of the gods, practicing ascetic austerity as virtuous men? / Or shall we court with reverence wives noble in virtues? / Or shall we drink the floods of treatises and the ambrosial nectar of diverse poems? / When life lasts but a few winks of an eye, we know not what to do! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.75) - [Next: 3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.77) - [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.3.76) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.73) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.16.76) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.76) · Pramāṇa