[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) › 56 # Suktimuktavali 56 English (machine translation) 56 - **Language:** English ### [56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.56) Whatever cleverness arises intent on deceiving the simple / from a mental state addicted to fraud, / it does not digest here without surely producing a catastrophe, / just like unwholesome food causing illness in the future. (56) - [Previous: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.55) - [Next: 57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.57) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.56) · Pramāṇa