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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 193

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 193

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.193)

agniṃ stokamivātmānaṃ saṃdhukṣayati yo naraḥ /  
sa vardhamāno grasate mahāntamapi saṃcayam //

> The man who kindles himself as if he were a little fire  
> grows and devours even a vast collection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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