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# Garudapurana 1.225.23

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.225.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.225.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.23)

kṛtaghnaḥ kṛmikaḥ kīṭaḥ pataṅgo vṛścikastathā /  
aśastraṃ puruṣaṃ hartā naraḥ sañjāyate kharaḥ //

> An ungrateful person \[becomes\] an insect, a vermin, a moth, or a scorpion;  
> a man who kills an unarmed man is born a donkey.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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