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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 51

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 51

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.51)

akāmān kāmayati yaḥ kāmayānān paridviṣan /  
balavantaṃ ca yo dveṣṭi tamāhurmūḍhacetasam //

> He who desires those who do not desire him, and spurns those who love him, / and hates one who is powerful—him they call a fool.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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