[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) › 3.9 # Shatakatraya 3.9 Śatakatraya 3.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.9) nivṛttā bhogecchā puruṣa-bahu-māno 'pi galitaḥ samānāḥ svar-yātāḥ sapadi suhṛdo jīvita-samāḥ | śanair yaṣṭy utthānaṃ ghana-timira-ruddhe ca nayane aho mūḍhaḥ kāyas tad api maraṇāpāya-cakitaḥ || > Desire for sensual pleasures has ceased; the high regard of men has slipped away; > equals and friends, dear as life itself, have suddenly gone to heaven; > one rises slowly with a cane, and both eyes are blocked by thick darkness: > alas! Yet this foolish body trembles in terror of death's approach! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.10) - [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.3.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.47.10) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.13.9) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.9) · Pramāṇa