[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) › 61 # Suktimuktavali 61 English (machine translation) 61 - **Language:** English ### [61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.61) Now the section on the virtuous person. / Better to thrust one's hand into the curved maw of an enraged serpent; / better to leap into a blazing pit of fire; / better to plunge the tip of a spear straight into one's belly; / but wickedness—which is the dwelling of calamities—must never be produced by a wise man. (61) - [Previous: 60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.60) - [Next: 62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.62) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.61) · Pramāṇa