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# Shatakatraya 3.99

Śatakatraya 3.99

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.99)

pāṇiḥ pātraṃ pavitraṃ bhramaṇa-parigataṃ bhaikṣyam akṣayyam annaṃ  
vistīrṇaṃ vastram āśā-daśakam acapalaṃ talpam asvalpam urvīm |  
yeṣāṃ niḥsaṅgatāṅgī-karaṇa-pariṇata-svānta-santoṣiṇas te  
dhanyāḥ saṃnyasta-dainya-vyatikara-nikarāḥ karma nirmūlayanti ||  
trailokyādhipatitvam eva virasaṃ yasmin mahāśāsane  
tal labdhvāsana-vastra-māna-ghaṭane bhoge ratiṃ mā kṛthāḥ |  
bhogaḥ ko 'pi sa eka eva paramo nityoditā jṛmbhane  
yat-svādād virasā bhavanti visayās trailokya-rājyādayaḥ ||

> The cupped hand is a pure bowl, roaming alms are inexhaustible food,  
> the ten directions are an ample garment, the unshakable earth is an immense bed:  
> blessed are those whose hearts are satisfied by embracing detachment;  
> casting off the heap of miserable entanglements, they eradicate karma.  
> In comparison to that great dominion, even sovereignty over the three worlds is tasteless;  
> having attained that, take no pleasure in pleasures dependent on food, clothing, and honor.  
> There is only one supreme pleasure, ever-arisen in manifestation,  
> from whose taste all sense objects, even kingship over the three worlds, turn tasteless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3.99) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (5)

- [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.6.704) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit
- [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.42.24) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.18.99) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit
- [Ātmānuśāsana (ed. A. N. Upadhye)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.moral.atmanusasana*upadhye.1.99) — Sanskrit
- [Śāntiśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.vairagya.santisataka.12.86-2) — Śilhaṇa, Sanskrit

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