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# Garudapurana 2.46.35

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.46.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.46.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.46.35)

svadharmeṇaivordhvagatiradharmeṇāpyadhogatiḥ /  
jāyate sarvavarṇānāṃ svadharmacalanāt khaga //

> By one's own dharma there is an upward journey, and by adharma a downward fall; / it occurs for all castes by falling away from their own dharma, O bird.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.46.35) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.159.47) — Sanskrit
- [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.21.5.159.45.p2) — Sanskrit

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