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# Shatakatraya 3.88

Śatakatraya 3.88

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.88)

snātvā gāṅgaiḥ payobhiḥ śuci-kusuma-phalair arcayitvā vibho tvā  
dhyeye dhyānaṃ niveśya kṣiti-dhara-kuhara-grāva-paryaṅka-mūle |  
ātmārāmaḥ phalāśī guru-vacana-ratas tvat-prasādāt smarāre  
duḥkhaṃ mokṣye kadāhaṃ sama-kara-caraṇe puṃsi sevāsamuttham ||

> Having bathed in the waters of the Gaṅgā, having worshiped you, O All-pervading Lord, with pure flowers and fruits,  
> having fixed meditation on the object of meditation at the foot of a rock-couch in a mountain cave,  
> delighting in the self, eating wild fruits, devoted to the words of the guru—by your grace, O Enemy of Smara,  
> when shall I be released from the sorrow born of serving a man whose hands and feet are just like mine?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.88) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.40.14) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.82) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.17.88) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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