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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 196

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 196

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.196)

agnikumbhasamā nārī ghṛtakumbhasamo naraḥ /  
ubhayorapi saṃyogaḥ kasya viśvāsakārakaḥ //

> A woman is like a pot of fire, and a man is like a pot of ghee;  
> Whom does the union of the two inspire with trust?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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