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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 170

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 170

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.170)

agatīnāṃ khalīkārād duḥkhaṃ naivopajāyate /  
bhavantyaśokāḥ prāyeṇa sāṃkurāḥ pādatāḍitāḥ //

> No sorrow arises for the helpless from humiliation;  
> Ashoka trees usually sprout shoots when kicked by a foot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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