[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) › 73 # Suktimuktavali 73 English (machine translation) 73 - **Language:** English ### [73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.73) Now the section on the nature of fortune. / She goes downward like a river, completely obstructs consciousness like sleep, / fosters intoxication like liquor, produces blindness like smoke, / touches fickleness like lightning, brings thirst to blazing expansion like a forest fire, / and wanders about unrestrained like an unchaste woman—such is Kamalā. (73) - [Previous: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.72) - [Next: 74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.74) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.73) · Pramāṇa