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# Garudapurana 1.115.78

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.115.78

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.115.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.115.78)

kubjasya kīṭaghātasya vātānniṣkāsitasya ca /  
śikhare vasatastasya varaṃ janma na yācitam //

> Better is the life of a hunchback, of an insect crushed, / or of one driven out by the wind dwelling upon a peak, than begging.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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