[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) › 48 # Suktimuktavali 48 English (machine translation) 48 - **Language:** English ### [48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.48) How is that wrath proper which has destroyed compassion, / burning righteousness as a wild fire burns a tree, uprooting conduct as an elephant uproots a creeper, / eclipsing human fame as Rāhu eclipses a crescent of the moon, / scattering one's true goal as the wind scatters a cloud, and exciting calamity and thirst as heat does? (48) - [Previous: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.47) - [Next: 49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.49) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.48) · Pramāṇa