[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) › 37 # Suktimuktavali 37 English (machine translation) 37 - **Language:** English ### [37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.37) Now the section on good conduct: He who has completely cast away his own good conduct, which is a wish-fulfilling jewel of the three worlds, / has beaten the drum of ill repute throughout the world, blackened his family with soot, / given the final handful of water to good behavior, set a forest fire to the garden of virtuous qualities, / made a rendezvous for all calamities, and fixed a firm bolt upon the gate to the city of liberation. (37) - [Previous: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.36) - [Next: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.38) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.37) · Pramāṇa