[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) › 88 # Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 88 Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 88 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.88) akule patito rājā mūrkhaputro hi paṇḍitaḥ / nirdhanasya dhanaprāptis tṛṇavanmanyate jagat // > A king born into a base family, a scholar born the son of a fool, / and a penniless man who obtains wealth—these consider the world as mere straw. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.87) - [Next: 89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.89) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha~en-mt.88) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.88) · Pramāṇa