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# Garudapurana 2.37.16

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.37.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.37.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.37.16)

vidyāvṛttavate deyaṃ mūrkhe tanna kadācana /  
samartho vedavṛttāḍhyastāraṇe taraṇe 'pi ca //

> It should be given to one endowed with learning and conduct, never to a fool;  
> one rich in Vedic conduct is capable both of delivering \[others\] and crossing over \[himself\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.37.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.37.16.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe dvitīyāṃśe pretakalpe dharmakāṇḍe sodakumbhaśrāddhanirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus in the venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the second part, in the Pretakalpa, in the Dharmakāṇḍa, the thirty-seventh chapter, named "Ascertainment of the Śrāddha with Water-jars."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.37.16) — English, machine translation

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