[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) › 34 # Suktimuktavali 34 English (machine translation) 34 - **Language:** English ### [34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.34) He who, desiring accomplished virtue, takes nothing that is not given— / in him dwells a series of auspicious things, like a female swan in a lotus; / misfortune goes far from him, like night from the sun of the sky; / the fortune of heaven and liberation attends upon him, like knowledge upon the modest. // 34 - [Previous: 33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.33) - [Next: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.34) · Pramāṇa