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# Skandapurana 5.183.33

Skandapurāṇa 5.183.33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.183.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.33)

āśā hi paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ nirāśā paramaṃ sukham ..  
āśānirāśāṃ kṛtvā ca sukhaṃ svapiti piṃgalā .. 33 ...

> For expectation is supreme suffering, and freedom from expectation is supreme happiness. / Having turned expectation into freedom from expectation, Piṅgalā sleeps happily.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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