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# The Story of Surasundarī 8.80

Surasuṃdarīcariya 8.80

- **Language:** Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit

### [8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.surasundaricariya.8.80)

tāva ciya paramasuhaṁ jāva na rāgō maṇammi uccharaï  
handi! sarāgammi maṇē dukkhasahassāiṁ pavisanti

> "Supreme happiness lasts only as long as passion does not rise in the mind; / alas, into a mind possessed of passion thousands of sufferings enter!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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