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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 134

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 134

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.134)

akṣamaḥ kṣamatāmāno kriyāyāṃ yaḥ pravartate /  
sa hi hāsyāspadatvaṃ ca labhate prāṇasaṃśayam //

> One who is incapable yet presumes himself capable, and sets out upon an action,  
> becomes an object of ridicule and falls into danger of his life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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