What is the source of this Sanskrit verse?

This subhashitam is from Subhashitam.

What are the key themes of this verse?

The key themes of this subhashitam are: desire, hunger, human-nature.

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क्षुत् तृट् आशाः कुटुम्बिन्यो

Subhashitam

क्षुत् तृट् आशाः कुटुम्बिन्यो मयि जीवति नान्यगाः । तासाम् आशा महासाध्वी कदाचित् मां न मुञ्चति ॥

क्षुत्hunger

तृट्thirst

आशाdesire / hope

कुटुम्बिन्यःwives / family members

Hunger, thirst, and desire are like man's three wives who will never leave him while he lives. Of the three, desire never leaves him even temporarily.

desirehungerhuman-nature

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नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुःThere is no eye like knowledge, no austerity like truth, no sorrow like attachment, and no happiness like renunciation.Subhashitam
अर्थी करोति दैन्यंThe seeker of wealth becomes degraded, the one who gains it turns proud and dissatisfied, the one who loses it grieves; only the desireless person lives in happiness.Mahasubhashita Sangraha
काममय एवायं पुरुष इतिA person is made of desire. As is one's desire, so is one's will. As is one's will, so is one's deed. As is one's deed, so is one's destiny.Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
दिनयामिन्यौ सायं प्रातःDay and night, dusk and dawn, winter and spring come and go. Time plays and life ebbs away, yet the storm of desire never ceases.Bhaja Govindam

क्षुत् तृट् आशाः कुटुम्बिन्यो

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