[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) › 184 # Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 184 Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 184 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.184) agādhenāpi kiṃ tena toyena lavaṇāmbudheḥ / janumātraṃ varaṃ vāri tṛṣṇācchedakaraṃ nṛṇām // > What is the use of that abundant water of the salty ocean? > Better is water just sufficient for birth that quenches the thirst of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.183) - [Next: 185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.185) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha~en-mt.184) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.184) · Pramāṇa