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# Garudapurana 1.238.5

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.238.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.238.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.5)

yaccadravyāpaharaṇaṃ cauryādvātha balena vā /  
steyaṃ tasyānācaraṇamasteyaṃ dharmasādhanam //

> The taking of another's property, whether by theft or by force, / is stealing; non-practice of that is non-stealing, an instrument of dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Yogasārasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogasarasangraha.p83) — Vijñānabhikṣu 1550, Sanskrit

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