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# Shatakatraya 3.92

Śatakatraya 3.92

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.92)

brahmāṇḍaṃ maṇḍalī-mātraṃ kiṃ lobhāya manasvinaḥ |  
śapharī-sphurtenābdhiḥ kṣubdho na khalu jāyate ||

> Is the whole universe, a mere bubble, an object of greed for the wise man?  
> Certainly the ocean is not agitated by the darting of a tiny fish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.92) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.42.97) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.18.92) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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