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# Garudapurana 2.28.5

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.28.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.5)

kathaṃ pretā mahākāyā raudrarūpā bhayānakāḥ /  
kambhavanti suraśreṣṭha karmabhiḥ kaiḥ śubhāśubhaiḥ //

> How do ghosts, having huge bodies, terrible forms, and being fearsome, / come into existence, O best of gods, and through which good and bad deeds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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