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# Viduraniti 246

Viduranīti 246

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.viduraniti.246)

dambhaṃ stainyaṃ paiśunaṃ madya pānaṃ  
na sevate yaḥ sa sukhī sadaiva .. 89..

> arrogance, theft, slander, and the drinking of liquor—  
> he who does not indulge in these is always happy. (89)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.viduraniti~en-mt-r.246) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.5.33.89) — Sanskrit

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