[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) › 3.81 # Shatakatraya 3.81 Śatakatraya 3.81 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.81) ā saṃsārāt tribhuvanam idaṃ cinvatāṃ tāt tādṛṅnaivāsmākaṃ nayana-padavīṃ śrotra-mārgaṃ gato vā | yo 'yaṃ dhatte viṣaya-kariṇo gāḍha-gūḍhābhimānakṣīvasyāntaḥ- karaṇa-kariṇaḥ saṃyamālāna-līlām || > Though searching this threefold world throughout worldly existence, my friends, no such person > has ever entered our field of vision or the range of our ears, > who can play the role of a tethering post for restraint to the inner elephant of the mind, > which is drunk with deep and hidden vanity, a wild elephant among sense objects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.80) - [Next: 3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.82) - [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.3.81) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.76) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.17.81) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.81) · Pramāṇa