[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) › [Anthologies of verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita) › [Major attributed anthologies of named poets](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa) › [Subhashitavali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali) › 138 # Subhashitavali 138 Subhāṣitāvali 138 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.138) mukhamātreṇa kāvyasya karotyahṛdayo janaḥ / chāyāmachāmapi śyāmāṃ rāhustārāpateriva // > Merely through the beginning of a poem, a heartless person > makes its luster dark, even though spotless, as Rāhu does to the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.137) - [Next: 139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.139) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali~en-mt.138) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.5.6) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.138) · Pramāṇa