[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) › [Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha) › 140 # Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 140 Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 140 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.140) akṣarāṇāmakāro'ham iti viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ bruvan / bhavatā so'pi yat satyam ākāreṇa laghūkṛtaḥ // > Viṣṇu himself declaring, 'Of letters, I am the letter A'— > even he, in truth, has been made light of by your outward form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.139) - [Next: 141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.141) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha~en-mt.140) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.140) · Pramāṇa