![]() ![]() It teaches morality to those who would llike lead a moral life. It provides metrical delight to lovers of poetry by the use of common meters such as Indravajra, Upendravajra, Vasantatilaka, Malini, Sikharini, Mandakranta, Sardulavikridita, Sragdhara etc. It provides philosophy to those interested in it. Students of Sanskrit are sure to have read selections from Subhashita Trishati which encompasses almost every experience known to man and pours them forth in beautiful poetry. It was he who gave us the immortal Subhashita Trishati consisting the trilogy of Neeti Sataka, Sringara Sataka and Vairagya Sataka which truly reflect his life expeiences as a king, as a lover and as an ascetic. His life presents to us a living account of a person’s transformation from a pleasure-loving king to an ascetic. He was the elder step brother of the renowned Vikramaaditya. The great philosopher-poet, Bharthruhari, was the King of Ujjain.
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