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# Garudapurana 3.12.30

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.12.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.12.30)

tathāpyahaṃ kāmahīno hi nityaṃ rudrādayaḥ kāmavanto yatotaḥ /  
śarīriṇaste bahirarthabhāvā ajñānavanto 'pi ca saṃsmṛtāḥ khaga //

> Even so, I am eternally free of desire, whereas Rudra and others possess desire; therefore, / those embodied beings are oriented towards external things and are remembered as possessing ignorance, O bird.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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