[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) › 90 # Suktimuktavali 90 English (machine translation) 90 - **Language:** English ### [90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.90) Now, the section on dispassion: / That which is water to the dust of inauspicious deeds, an elephant-goad for the rutted tuskers of the senses, / a flower garden of spiritual welfare, a chain for the maddened elephant of the mind, / a pleasure house for the maiden of renunciation, a medicine for the fever of love, / and a chariot on the path to liberation—having reflected upon that dispassion, become fearless! / Just as a violent wind ends a glittering mass of clouds, a forest-fire's flame \[ends\] / a grove of trees, the solar disk \[ends\] the circle of darkness, / and the thunderbolt brings to an end a collection of mountains—so does dispassion alone destroy all karma. .. 90 .. - [Previous: 88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.88) - [Next: 91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.91) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.90) · Pramāṇa