[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) › 94 # Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 94 Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 94 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.94) akṛtadviṣadunnaticchidaḥ śritasaṃrakṣaṇavandhyakarmaṇaḥ / puruṣasya nirarthakaḥ karaḥ kila kaṇḍūyanamātrasārthakaḥ // > The hand of a man who has not cut down the rising power of his foes, / whose deeds are futile in protecting those who seek refuge, / is indeed useless; it serves only for scratching an itch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.93) - [Next: 95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.95) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha~en-mt.94) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.94) · Pramāṇa