[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) › [Sūktimuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt) › 26\_23 # Suktimuktavali 26\_23 English (machine translation) 26\_23 - **Language:** English ### [26\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.26_23) Now the section on non-violence: / The playground of virtue, the whirlwind destroying the dust of misdeeds, / the ship across the forest of transmigration, the cloud-cluster extinguishing the fire of distress, the messenger of rendez-vous for fortunes, / the ladder to heaven, the beloved friend of liberation, the bolt barring the unfortunate rebirth— / let compassion alone be shown toward living beings; enough with all other afflictions! // 25 - [Previous: 26\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.26_22) - [Next: 26\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.26_24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.26_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.26_23) · Pramāṇa