[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) › 71 # Suktimuktavali 71 English (machine translation) 71 - **Language:** English ### [71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.71) Let him observe silence, let him abandon home, let him practice mastery of the ritual injunctions, / let him dwell in the forest, let him undergo the toil of scripture, let him perform austerity; / but if he does not know how to conquer the host of senses—that great wind shattering the grove of heaps of welfare— / know that all of it is an oblation poured into ashes! (71) - [Previous: 70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.70) - [Next: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.72) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.71) · Pramāṇa