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# Samudrika (Garga) 1.77

Sāmudrika (Garga) 1.77

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samudrika.arsa.samudrika.1.77)

ruditalakṣaṇamāharuditamadīnamanaśrusnigdhaṃ ca śubhāvahaṃ manuṣyāṇām  
rūkṣaṃ dīnaṃ pracurāśru caiva na śubhapradaṃ puṃsām

> He states the characteristics of crying:  
> Weeping that is not wretched, tearless, and smooth brings auspiciousness to men;  
> rough, wretched, and copiously tearful weeping does not bestow auspiciousness upon men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samudrika.arsa.samudrika~en-mt-r.1.77) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita.67.73) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.91.139) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit
- [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.91.139) — Basava, Sanskrit
- [Aṅgavidyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samudrika.arsa.angavidya.3.205) — Nārada, Sanskrit

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