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# The Story of Surasundarī 16.167

Surasuṃdarīcariya 16.167

- **Language:** Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit

### [16.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.surasundaricariya.16.167)

sumaraï taṇayaṁ jēṭṭhaṁ kaṭṭha-harē saṇṭhiyaṁ nara-varindō  
cintaï hā! kaṭṭhaṁ na hu juttaṁ majjha ērisayaṁ

> the king remembered his eldest son kept in the wooden cage. / He thought: “Alas, it is dreadful! Such conduct is not proper for me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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