[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) › 98 # Suktimuktavali 98 English (machine translation) 98 - **Language:** English ### [98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.98) If, leaving the wilderness of transmigration, you wish to go to the city of liberation, / do not take up your abode then among the poison-trees of the sensory objects; / for even their shade quickly spreads great delusion, / on account of which this creature is unable to advance even a single step. // 97 Just as the moon's radiance and the sun's light swiftly illumine an object in the world, / so this lofty fragment of instruction expands the virtues of knowledge and auspicious joy. // 98 - [Previous: 96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.96) - [Next: 99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.99) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.suktimuktavali~en-mt.98) · Pramāṇa