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# Skandapurana 5.32.45

Skandapurāṇa 5.32.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.45)

yathā śṛṃgaṃ hi kāyena varddhamānena vardhate.  
tadvattṛṣṇāpi vittena varddhamānena varddhate..45..

> Just as a horn grows as the body grows, / so craving grows as wealth grows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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