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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 358

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 358

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [358](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.358)

aceṣṭamānamāsīnaṃ śrīḥ kaṃcidupatiṣṭhati /  
kaścit karmāṇi kurvan hi na prāpyamadhigacchati //

> Fortune attends a certain person who sits doing nothing; / another, though constantly performing actions, does not obtain what should be gained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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