[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) › 92 # Suktimuktavali 92 English (machine translation) 92 - **Language:** English ### [92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.92) Knowing sensual pleasures to be perilous as the coils of a black cobra, kingship to be like dust, / relatives to be chains of bondage, the realm of sensory objects to be like poisoned food, / prosperity to be the sister of cremation ashes, and women to be comparable to straw, / the dispassionate man, abandoning attachment to them and becoming unblemished, attains liberation. .. 92 .. - [Previous: 91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.91) - [Next: 92\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.92_28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.92) · Pramāṇa