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# Skandapurana 16.338.69

Skandapurāṇa 16.338.69

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.338.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.338.69)

rājyaṃ hi bahu manyaṃte narā viṣayalolupāḥ ..  
manīṣiṇastu paśyanti tadeva narakopamam .. 69 ..

> Men greedy for sensory objects indeed value kingship highly, / but the wise see that very thing as resembling hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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