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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 399

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 399

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [399](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.399)

ajārajaḥ khararajas tathā saṃmārjanīrajaḥ /  
dīpakhaṭvotthacchāyā ca śakrasyāpi śriyaṃ haret //

> The dust of a goat, the dust of a donkey, and likewise the dust from a broom, / and the shadow arising from a lamp or a bed, would strip away even Indra's fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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