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# Garudapurana 2.49.21

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.49.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.49.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.21)

tadgopitaṃ syāddharmārthaṃ dharmo jñānārthameva ca /  
jñānaṃ tu dhyānayogārthamacirātpravimucyate //

> That \[body\] should be guarded for the sake of dharma, and dharma is for knowledge alone; / knowledge is for the yoga of meditation, and \[by it\] one is soon fully liberated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.49.21) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.19.21) — Sanskrit

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