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Markandeyapurana 61.70

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 61.70

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Sanskrit

61.70

brāhmaṇa uvāca
na bhogārthāya viprāṇāṃ śasyate hi varūthinī /
iha kleśāya viprāṇāṃ ceṣṭā pretyāphalapradā //

The brāhman spoke:
Striving after delights is not at all commended in brahmans, O Varūthinī;[11] such striving in brāhmans tends to weariness in this world, and yields no fruit after death.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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