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# Garudapurana 1.4.20

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.4.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.20)

brahmaṇaḥ kurvataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ jajñire mānasāḥ sutāḥ /  
tato devāsurapitṝnmānuṣāṃśca catuṣṭayam //

> As Brahmā was performing creation, mind-born sons were born.  
> Then, desiring to create the fourfold \[classes of beings\]—gods, asuras, ancestors, and humans—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.4.20) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.1.86-2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.70.198) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.5.29) — Sanskrit
- [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.2.52) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit

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