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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 216

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 216

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.216)

agnau dagdhaṃ jale magnaṃ hṛtaṃ taskarapārthivaiḥ /  
tatsarvaṃ dānamityāhur yadi klaibyaṃ na bhāṣate //

> Burned in fire, drowned in water, taken by thieves or kings— / they say all that is a gift, if one speaks no unmanly lament.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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