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# The Story of Surasundarī 1.22

English (machine translation) 1.22

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### [1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.surasundaricariya~en-mt.1.22)

Even when pleaded with, the wicked person, crooked, impure at heart, and lacking good conduct, / reveals faults, like the moon, which though prayed to, is curved, spotted, devoid of full roundness, and shines in union with the night.

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- [Surasuṃdarīcariya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.surasundaricariya.1.22) — Dhaneśvara, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit

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