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# Garudapurana 2.49.70

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.49.70

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.49.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.70)

tasmānnityādikaṃ karma lokarañjanakārakam /  
mokṣasya kāraṇaṃ sākṣātattvajñāna khageśvara //

> Therefore daily ritual action and the like merely serve to please the world;  
> the direct cause of liberation, O King of Birds, is knowledge of the truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.49.70) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (5)

- [Tattvacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.tattvacintamani.1.2.200) — Sanskrit
- [Kulavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kulavrtti.1.115) — Sanskrit
- [Kulārṇavatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kularnava.1.87) — Sanskrit
- [Kaulārcanadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kaularcanadipika.118) — Sanskrit
- [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.19.70) — Sanskrit

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