[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) › 3.80 # Shatakatraya 3.80 Śatakatraya 3.80 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.80) ramyaṃ harmya-talaṃ na kiṃ vasataye śravyaṃ na geyādikaṃ kiṃ vā prāṇa-samāsamāgama-sukhaṃ naivādhika-prītaye | kintu bhrānta-pataṅga-kṣapavanavyālola-dīpāṅkuracchāyā- cañcalam ākalayya sakalaṃ santo vanāntaṃ gatāḥ || > Is not a palace roof delightful for dwelling? Is not singing and the like pleasant to hear? > Or is not union with a beloved as dear as life itself a source of supreme delight? > Yet, seeing that everything is fleeting as the shadow of a lamp flame > flickering in the wind made by the flutter of a moth's wings, the virtuous have departed for the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.79) - [Next: 3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.81) - [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.3.80) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.75) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.16.80) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit - [Śāntiśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya.santisataka.10.42) — Śilhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.80) · Pramāṇa