[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) › 3.83 # Shatakatraya 3.83 Śatakatraya 3.83 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.83) jīrṇā eva manorathāś ca hṛdaye yātaṃ ca tad yauvanaṃ hantāṅgeṣu guṇāś bandhya-phalatāṃ yātā guṇajñair vinā | kiṃ yuktaṃ sahasābhyupaiti balavān kālaḥ kṛtānto 'kṣamī hā jñātaṃ madanāntakāṅghri-yugalaṃ muktvāsti nānyo gatiḥ || > Desires are indeed worn out in the heart, and that youth is gone; > alas, talents in one's limbs have proved barren of fruit without appreciative connoisseurs; > what is right to do? Swiftly approaches powerful Time, the merciless ender. > Ah, I know: there is no refuge except the pair of feet of the Slayer of Madana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.82) - [Next: 3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.84) - [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.3.83) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.77) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.17.83) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.83) · Pramāṇa