[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) › 86 # Suktimuktavali 86 English (machine translation) 86 - **Language:** English ### [86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.86) Now, the section on contemplation: / Like a young woman's side-glance upon a dispassionate man, like the toil of serving / a master devoid of generosity, like planting lotuses upon stone, / or like rain pouring everywhere upon barren soil—so are charity, worship, austerity, / scriptural study, learning, and the like completely fruitless without contemplation. .. 85 .. / If a person wishes to know everything, desires merit, wishes to practice compassion, seeks to destroy sin, / wishes to check anger, desires the fruitfulness of charity, good conduct, and austerity, / wishes to accumulate auspicious blessings, seeks to reach the shore of the ocean of worldly existence, / and desires to embrace the lady Liberation, then one should cultivate contemplation. .. 86 .. - [Previous: 84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.84) - [Next: 88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.88) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.86) · Pramāṇa