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# Garudapurana 1.115.80

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.115.80

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.115.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.115.80)

mātā śatruḥ pitā vairī bālā yena na pāṭhitāḥ /  
sabhāmadhye na śobhante haṃsamadhye bakāyathā //

> A mother is an enemy, a father a foe, by whom their children are not educated; / they do not shine in the midst of an assembly, like herons in the midst of swans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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