[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) › 50 # Suktimuktavali 50 English (machine translation) 50 - **Language:** English ### [50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.50) Breaking the post of tranquility, severing the nerve of pure intelligence, / scattering the dust of harsh speech, disregarding the goad of scripture, / wandering at will upon the earth, and trampling the forest path of modesty— / what calamity does a man blinded by pride not cause, like a rutting elephant? (50) - [Previous: 49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.49) - [Next: 51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.51) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.50) · Pramāṇa