We truly live happily, without craving among the craving. Among craving human beings, we dwell without craving.

Ussukesu anussukā — without craving among the craving: ussuka is anxious, craving, agitated by desire. Anussuka is without that compulsive anxiety, without that craving for more. In a world dominated by consumerism and acquisitive anxiety, this verse has special resonance.

Ussukesu manussesu viharāma anussukā — among craving human beings, we dwell without craving: the third form of environmental suffering that does not affect the practitioner. The craving world cannot contaminate one who has found inner satisfaction.

The triple sequence (197-199) covers three forms of environmental suffering: hatred, sickness, and craving. Living without these three in the midst of a world dominated by them is the description of the advanced practitioner’s happiness.

It is not about moral superiority but experiential freedom. The practitioner is not “better” than the craving ones — they have found a way of living that does not need craving to feel good.