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# Garudapurana 1.236.28

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.236.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.236.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.236.28)

tathā hi rajjururagaḥ śuktiḥ kārajataṃ yathā /  
mṛgatṛṣṇāpathāyāmbhastṛptiṃ viṣṇo tathā jagat //

> For just as a rope \[is imagined as\] a snake, an oyster shell as silver, / water in the path of a mirage, \[yet does not yield\] satisfaction, O Viṣṇu, so is the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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