[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) › 31 # Suktimuktavali 31 English (machine translation) 31 - **Language:** English ### [31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.31) Untruth is the root cause of mistrust, the abode of bad impressions, the warder-off of prosperity, / the cause of misfortune, powerful in deceiving others, full of offenses, and avoided by the wise. // 31 - [Previous: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.30) - [Next: 33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.31) · Pramāṇa