[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) › 3.8 # Shatakatraya 3.8 Śatakatraya 3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.8) balibhir mukham ākrāntaṃ palitenāṅkitaṃ śiraḥ | gātrāṇi śithilāyante tṛṣṇaikā taruṇāyate || viveka-vyākośe vidadhati same śāmyati tṛṣā pariṣvaṅge tuṅge prasaratitarāṃ sā pariṇatā | jarājīrṇaiśvarya-grasana-gahanākṣepa-kṛpaṇastṛṣāpātraṃ yasyāṃ bhavati marutām apy adhipatiḥ || > The face is covered with wrinkles; the head is marked with grey hair; > the limbs grow slack; craving alone grows youthful! > When discernment blossoms and produces calm, thirst subsides; > yet in the heights of attachment, fully matured, it spreads all the more— > that thirst in which, abject with the torment of swallowing ruined fortunes, > even the lord of the gods becomes a vessel of craving. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.7) - [Next: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.9) - [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.3.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.6-2) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.13.8) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.8) · Pramāṇa