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# Garudapurana 3.16.23

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.16.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.23)

dhṛtirūpaṃ yayau vāyustasmāddhṛtiriti smṛtaḥ /  
yogyānāṃ haribhaktānāṃ dhṛtirūpeṇa saṃsthitaḥ //

> Vāyu assumed the form of Dhṛti ('steadfastness'); therefore he is called Dhṛti. / He abides in the form of steadfastness within eligible devotees of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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