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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 240

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 240

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.240)

agre laghimā paścān mahatāpi pidhīyate na hi mahimnā /  
vāmana iti trivikramam abhidadhati daśāvatāravidaḥ //

> Lowness in the beginning is not hidden even by later greatness; / those who know the ten incarnations call Trivikrama 'Vāmana' (the Dwarf).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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