[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) › 59 # Suktimuktavali 59 English (machine translation) 59 - **Language:** English ### [59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.59) When the fire of greed blazes fiercely upon contact with the fuel of wealth, / expanding to burn up the entire forest of righteousness, / leaving a heap of sorrow as ashes and spreading the smoke of infamy, / the host of virtues turns into moths. (59) - [Previous: 58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.58) - [Next: 60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.60) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.59) · Pramāṇa