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# Garudapurana 2.49.26

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.49.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.49.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.26)

yāvattiṣṭhati deho 'yaṃ tāvattattvaṃ samabhyaset /  
sandīptakośabhavane kūpaṃ khanati durmatiḥ //

> As long as this body remains, one should cultivate the knowledge of reality; / the fool digs a well when the treasury house is already burning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.49.26) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Tattvacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.tattvacintamani.1.2.124) — Sanskrit
- [Kulavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kulavrtti.1.50) — Sanskrit
- [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.19.26) — Sanskrit

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