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# Shatakatraya 3.87

Śatakatraya 3.87

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.87)

kadā vārāṇasyām amara-taṭinī-rodhasi vasan  
vasānaḥ kaupīnaṃ śirasi nidadhāno 'ñjali-puṭam |  
aye gaurīnātha tripurahara śambho trinayana  
prasīdetyākrośan nimiṣam iva neṣyāmi divasān ||

> When, living in Vārāṇasī on the bank of the immortal river,  
> wearing a loincloth, placing folded hands upon my head,  
> crying aloud, 'O Lord of Gaurī! Destroyer of Tripura! Śambhu! Three-eyed one! Have mercy!',  
> shall I pass the days as if they were a mere moment?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.87) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.6.635) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit
- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.40.13) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.81) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.17.87) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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