[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\_3 # Shatakatraya 3\_3 Śatakatraya 3\_3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3_3) udyāneṣu vicitra-bhojana-vidhis tīvrātitīvraṃ tapaḥ kaupīnāvaraṇaṃ suvastram amitaṃ bhikṣāṭanaṃ maṇḍanam | āsannaṃ maraṇaṃ ca maṅgala-samaṃ yasyāṃ samutpadyate tāṃ kāśīṃ parihṛtya hanta vibudhair anyatra kiṃ sthīyate || > A variety of foods is in the gardens; ascetic austerity is fiercely intense; > a loincloth for covering is fine clothing, and boundless begging for alms is decoration; > and approaching death, which arises there, is equal to an auspicious blessing— > alas, abandoning that Kāśī, why do the wise dwell anywhere else? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.87) - [Next: 3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3.88) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.3_3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.3_3) · Pramāṇa