[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 2.49.13 # Garudapurana 2.49.13 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.49.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.49.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.13) caturaśītilakṣeṣu śarīreṣu śarīriṇām / na mānuṣaṃ vinānyatra tattvajñānantu labhyate // > Among the eighty-four hundred thousand bodies of embodied beings, / knowledge of reality is not attained anywhere except in the human state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.49.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.12) - [Next: 2.49.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.14) - [Up: 2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.49.13) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Tattvacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.tattvacintamani.1.2.115) — Sanskrit - [Kulavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kulavrtti.1.40) — Sanskrit - [Kaulāvalīnirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kaulavalinirnaya.1.43) — Jñānānanda Paramahaṃsa 1500, Sanskrit - [Rudrayāmalatantra Uttarakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.rudrayamalatantrauttarakanda.1.162) — Sanskrit - [Śāktānandataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.saktanandatarangini.1.125) — Brahmānanda Giri 1500, Sanskrit - [Kaulārcanadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kaularcanadipika.111) — Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.19.13) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.13) · Pramāṇa