[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.237.12 # Garudapurana 1.237.12 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.237.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.237.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.237.12) kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ vidvānyo veda sa varaḥ kaviḥ / aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca / jñānayajñasya sarvāṇi kalāṃ nārhanti ṣocśīm // > the wise person who knows it to be presided over by the Knower of the Field is an excellent sage. / Thousands of horse sacrifices and hundreds of Vājapeya sacrifices, / all together, are not worth a sixteenth part of the sacrifice of knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.237.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.237.12.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe śrīmadbhagavadgītāsāranirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptatriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa, in the first section called the first part, in the section on conduct, the two hundred thirty-seventh chapter, named 'Determination of the Essence of the Venerable Bhagavad Gītā.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.237.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.237.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.237.12) · Pramāṇa