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# Garudapurana 1.115.40

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.115.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.115.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.115.40)

vācā vihitasārthena loko na ca sukhāyate /  
jīvitaṃ mānamūlaṃ hi māne mlāne kutaḥ sukham? //

> A person is not made happy merely by a matter promised in speech; / for life has honour as its root; when honour is withered, whence happiness?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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