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# Skandapurana 16.338.16

Skandapurāṇa 16.338.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.338.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.338.16)

jñāninopi yadā svārthamāśritya dhyānamāsthitāḥ ..  
duḥkhārttānīha sattvāni kva yāsyaṃti sukhaṃ tataḥ .. 16 ..

> When even the wise, resorting to self-interest, remain established in meditation, / where then will the beings afflicted by suffering in this world go for happiness? 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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