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# Garudapurana 2.49.66

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.49.66

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.49.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.66)

mṛdbhasmoddhūlanādeva muktāḥ syuryadi mānavāḥ /  
mṛdbhasmavāsī nityaṃ śvā sa kiṃ mukto bhaviṣyati //

> If men were liberated merely by smearing themselves with mud and ashes,  
> would a dog that always lives in mud and ashes become liberated?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.49.66) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.19.66) — Sanskrit

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