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# Shatakatraya 3.85

Śatakatraya 3.85

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.85)

sphurat-sphāra-jyotsnādhavalita-tale kvāpi puline  
sukhāsīnāḥ śānta-dhvantisu rajanīṣu dyu-saritaḥ |  
bhavābhogodvignāḥ śiva śiva śivety uccavacasaḥ  
kadā yāsyāmo 'targata-bahula-bāṣpākula-daśām ||

> When, seated comfortably on some sandbank of the river of heaven  
> whitened by the radiant, full moonlight during nights when darkness is stilled,  
> agitated by the expanse of worldly existence, crying out aloud, 'Śiva, Śiva, Śiva!',  
> shall we attain a state overwhelmed by deep inner tears?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.85) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.79) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.17.85) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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