[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) › 55 # Suktimuktavali 55 English (machine translation) 55 - **Language:** English ### [55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.55) The vile person who, through desire for wealth, practices deceit—the pleasure house of mistrust— / does not see the host of calamities falling upon him, just as a cat, while drinking milk, does not see the stick. (55) - [Previous: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.54) - [Next: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.56) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.55) · Pramāṇa