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# Garudapurana 2.22.46

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.22.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.22.46)

pretatvaṃ karmabhāvena prāptaṃ nāmāni ca dvija /  
meṣānano lekhako 'yaṃ rodha (ha) kaḥ parvatānanaḥ //

> The state of pretas and our names were attained through the nature of our deeds, O twice-born: / this Lekhaka has the face of a ram; Rodhaka has a face like a mountain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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