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# Garudapurana 2.7.48

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.7.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.7.48)

tṛtīyaḥ śīghragasturyorodhako lekhakaḥ paraḥ /  
brāhmaṇa uvāca /  
pretānāṃ karmajātānāṃ kuto nāma nirarthakam //

> the third is Śīghraga; the fourth, Rodhaka; and the other is Lekhaka." / The brāhmaṇa said: / "For pretas born of their deeds, how can a name be without meaning?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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