[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Gnomic verse and anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita) › [Anthologies of verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita) › [Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha) › 38 # Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 38 Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.38) akasmādunmatta praharasi kimadhvakṣitiruhaṃ hradaṃ hastāghātairvidalasi kimutphullanalinam / tadā jānīmaste karivara balodgāramasamaṃ saṭāṃ suptasyāpi spṛśasi yadi pañcānanaśiśoḥ // > Maddened one, why do you suddenly strike the roadside tree? / Why smash the pool with strokes of your trunk, destroying blooming lotuses? / We shall recognize your matchless outburst of strength, O best of elephants, / only if you touch the mane of a sleeping lion-cub! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.37) - [Next: 39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.39) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha~en-mt.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.38) · Pramāṇa